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There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

The Week

More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown

MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Australia's hidden housing crisis: survivors of modern slavery have few safe places to turn

Australia is not immune to the rapidly growing global problem of modern slavery. In fact, new research has found the number of people living in modern slavery has more than doubled in the past four years, rising to an estimated 41,000.

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New program aims to provide $1000 to survivors of gender-based violence

One-time cash assistance will be available to Chicago residents who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge approves $290m settlement in suit accusing JPMorgan of ignoring Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking

Bank denies enabling any crimes

The Independent UK

Competitiveness affects Indonesia ties

Just two years ago, Thailand and Indonesia commemorated the 70th anniversary of relations, with both sides holding events to celebrate. Over the year, they mapped out various plans that would boost bilateral ties with the aim of establishing and hastening a "strategic partnership". These included strengthening political and economic relations,…

Bangkok Post

US presidential candidate DeSantis unveils tough immigration plan

Republican leader’s plan calls to end birthright citizenship and send US forces to Mexico to combat drug trafficking.

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Belgium struggles to combat booming drug trade in port city of Antwerp

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

France 24

Bombing Mexican Cartels Won't Stop Fentanyl

A Republican-sponsored resolution would authorize the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force" against foreigners involved in fentanyl trafficking.

Reason

Myanmar junta says failing to halt surge in drug trafficking

Myanmar junta authorities said they torched almost half a billion dollars’ worth of illegal drugs on Monday, but warned they were failing to stop a surge in production and trafficking of narcotics.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar burns $446 million worth of seized drugs as illicit trade booms in Southeast Asia

The authorities in Myanmar have destroyed more than $446 million worth of illegal drugs seized from around the county to mark an annual international anti-drug trafficking day

The Independent UK

US charges Chinese companies with trafficking fentanyl materials

Chinese officials have countered that the US is shifting blame for what is a domestic opioid addiction crisis.

Al Jazeera

US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies on charges of trafficking fentanyl ingredients

The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against four Chinese companies and eight individuals for allegedly trafficking the chemicals used to make the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl in the United States and Mexico

The Independent UK

US charges Chinese individuals and firms over fentanyl chemical trafficking

Four companies and eight individuals charged with shipping enough precursor chemicals into US to kill ‘25m Americans’

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Tiger King Netflix star faces 20 years in jail after trafficking conviction

The prosecution told jurors that the Netflix star would pay up to $3,000 for a cub

Bangkok Post

Malaysian court charges 4 Thais with human trafficking

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court on Friday charged four Thai nationals with human trafficking in connection with the discovery eight years ago of mass graves near the country’s border with Thailand.

The Independent UK

Malaysia charges 4 Thais over the mass graves and human trafficking camps found in 2015

Four Thai nationals have been charged with human trafficking in a Malaysian court over the 2015 discovery of mass graves and human trafficking camps at the country’s border with Thailand

Al Jazeera

Malaysia charges four Thais over mass graves, trafficking camps

The graves – mainly holding the remains of Rohingya refugees – were discovered in the jungle along the Malaysian border.

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The Independent UK

Tiger King’s wild animal trainer ‘Doc’ Antle gets convicted for wildlife trafficking

Antle faces up to 20 years in prison

Bangkok Post

Malaysia to charge Thais over mass graves

KUALA LUMPUR: Four Thai nationals will face charges in a Malaysian court on Friday over the 2015 discovery of mass graves and suspected human trafficking camps at the border with Thailand, Malaysia’s home affairs minister said.

Evening Standard

Tiger King star ‘Doc’ Antle convicted of wildlife trafficking

Bhagavan ‘Doc’ Antle, who owns the Myrtle Beach Safari, appeared in Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, a Netflix documentary miniseries that focused on tiger breeders

The Independent UK

‘Tiger King’ star 'Doc' Antle convicted of wildlife trafficking in Virginia

Virginia's attorney general says a wild animal trainer featured in the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” has been convicted of wildlife trafficking

WEKU

Two dozen arrested following Southeast KY drug investigation

London’s police chief says he hopes last week’s arrest of two dozen people on drug charges – most of them related to trafficking heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl -- makes Laurel County a safer place to live.

Irish Mirror

John Gilligan's son Darren surrenders to Spanish authorities to face drug trafficking charges

Mr Gilligan (47) is wanted for three alleged offences in southern Spain after a judge there issued a European Arrest Warrant for him on October 10 of last year. Mr Gilligan faces up to four years' imprisonment if convicted

The Independent UK

7 Pakistanis arrested for alleged key role in migrant ship that sank off Greece, leaving 500 missing

Pakistani authorities say they have arrested seven alleged key figures in a human trafficking ring following last week’s sinking of a vessel packed with migrants off Greece

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