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Over the past three months Haiti has seen some of its worst gang-related violence in decades, affecting the functioning of the judiciary, impeding the government, challenging the United Nations efforts to fight illicit trafficking and keeping children from going to school, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in his latest report…

Miami Herald

Another Bogus 'Sex Trafficking Sting' Led by Homeland Security Agents

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Reason

Killer takes trafficking charge 'on chin'

A Melbourne underworld figure serving a 32-year sentence for murder has taken full responsibility for smuggling drugs into Australia while behind bars.

AAP

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Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea

Mohammed Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between April and October last year. He recalls the September night when, he says, he almost met the same fate: masked men kidnapped him, cut off parts of his left arm and…

Reuters

Youth pastor, teacher among 46 arrested in North Texas prostitution sting

A youth pastor. A high school teacher and football coach. And an operations director of a large hospital network.

Tribune News Service

COVID-19 cut known human trafficking, but Ukraine war a risk: U.N

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the first drop in the known number of human-trafficking victims in 20 years as trafficking opportunities and policing were reduced, but the Ukraine war has probably now caused a new surge, a U.N. report said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell moans about diet behind bars as its ‘95% beans and tofu’

Maxwell was charged with enticing minors and sex trafficking of underage girls, and later sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s TalkTV interview was narcissistic and dangerous

The convicted sex trafficker did an interview from prison titled Ghislaine Behind Bars on Monday with TalkTV’s Jeremy Kyle Live. Holly Baxter and Clémence Michallon report

The Independent UK

Ex-security chief 'betrayed' Mexico, drugs trial hears

New York (AFP) - A once-powerful Mexican government minister betrayed his country by engaging in the very drug trafficking he was in charge of stopping, US prosecutors said at his trial Monday.

AFP

Colombia killings of social leaders hit record in 2022 -ombudsman

Colombia witnessed killings of 215 social leaders and human rights activists in 2022, the highest toll ever recorded, as illegal armed groups intensified their attacks in key drug-trafficking areas, the government's human rights ombudsman said on Monday.

Reuters

Captagon trade: How Syria became a narco-state

Captagon is a synthetic drug that has turned Syria into a narco-state. The illicit industry behind this amphetamine is estimated to be worth billions of dollars, with over 400 million tablets seized in the Middle East in 2021. So who is profiting from this trafficking? Where is the drug produced?…

France 24

'Teen boy' in British school is unmasked as convicted killer who murdered 2 with AK-47

Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai gunned down two fellow Afghans with an AK-47 in a row about trafficking when he was in Serbia, around a year before he entered the UK as a 14-year-old schoolboy despite being 18 at the time

Daily Mirror

US could seize two Australian properties of former marine if he is convicted of training Chinese pilots

US government claims Daniel Duggan will have to forfeit assets linked to alleged offences of arms trafficking and money laundering

The Guardian - AU

Corrupt cop or cartel enemy? Ex-Mexico drug czar's U.S. trial kicks off

U.S. prosecutors on Monday accused a former top Mexican official on trial for allegedly taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel of betraying his country, while his defense said prosecutors were being played by drug traffickers out for revenge.

Reuters

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Insider UK

Stagecoach founder Ann Gloag ‘strongly disputes’ trafficking allegations

Police Scotland confirms four people have been charged following an investigation into immigration offences

The Guardian - UK

‘You should gaze at your bins in horror’: the massive crime scandal behind the UK’s rubbish

The mafia is infiltrating our waste, and millions of tonnes of it is being illegally dumped. A shocking podcast uncovers the horrific environmental scandal – and its links to gun and drug trafficking

Evening Standard

Stagecoach founder Ann Gloag ‘strongly disputes’ trafficking allegations

Police Scotland said four people had been charged connection with an investigation into alleged human trafficking and immigration offences

The National (Scotland)

Stagecoach founder Dame Ann Gloag charged with human trafficking offences

STAGECOACH founder Dame Ann Gloag “strongly disputes the malicious allegations” made against her after being charged with human trafficking…

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The Independent UK

Stagecoach founder Dame Ann Gloag ‘strongly disputes malicious allegations’

Police Scotland said four people had been charged connection with an investigation into alleged human trafficking and immigration offences.

AFP

Romania extends detention of Andrew Tate to February 27

Bucharest (AFP) - A Bucharest court on Friday extended the detention of the controversial influencer Andrew Tate, who is being investigated for alleged human trafficking and rape, and his brother Tristan by one month, prosecutors said.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Sex trafficking, child-pornography solicitation, and FERC.

The Independent UK

‘Cult’ leader Larry Ray sentenced after sex trafficking and racketeering conviction

‘He drove me to attempt suicide more than once and at one point, I was contemplating it daily,’ victim says

The Independent UK

Andrew Tate still selling £4,000 Cameo videos to fans despite being locked up in Romanian jail

Tate is still listed on the celeb-messaging site despite being held over allegations of human trafficking, sexual assault and rape

The Independent UK

US designates Russia’s Wagner Group as ‘transnational criminal organisation’

The US government has designated the Russian private military contractor known as the Wagner Group as a “transnational criminal organization,” giving the notorious mercenary outfit the same status as international drug cartels and human trafficking organisations under US law.

The Guardian - US

US ‘cult’ leader given 60 years in prison for sexual and emotional abuse

Larry Ray convicted in April of sex trafficking and racketeering stemming from abuse of young women at Sarah Lawrence College

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