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Key moments from the fifth week of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial

The fifth week of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial featured a courthouse appearance by one of his famous friends: Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West

The Independent UK

Kanye West Makes Shock Appearance Outside Courthouse At Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial

The rapper said he attended in support of Combs as he faces charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

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Why people become drug mules – and why harsh sentences don’t deter them

Thousands of British nationals are charged with drug smuggling abroad every year. The UK charity Prisoners Abroad reports a rise in the number of British people imprisoned abroad for drug offences in 2024-25, compared to the previous year, especially women under 34.

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Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, shows up to support Sean "Diddy" Combs at trial

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, says he came to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs to support him

The Independent UK

Why anti-trafficking measures alone won’t save Africa’s pangolins

Nigeria accounts for the largest volume of detected pangolin scales illegally traded from Africa. Between 2010 and 2021, 190,000kg of scales – representing nearly 800,000 African pangolins – were seized in shipments linked to Nigeria, despite a ban on international trade.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer complains about trial secrecy as a famous rapper's name goes unmentioned

A lawyer for Sean “Diddy” Combs is protesting the rising tide of secrecy at the hip-hop icon's sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial after Combs and the public were excluded from lengthy legal arguments

The Independent UK

House passes bill to to combat fentanyl trafficking, sending it to Trump's desk

The House has passed bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on fentanyl

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial hears account of orgy with ‘famous rapper’

In yet another dramatic development in the case, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial has heard an account of an orgy with an unnamed “famous rapper”.

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Diddy trial recap: Ex-girlfriend Jane breaks down describing “freak-offs,” trips with famous rapper as mammoth testimony ends

Jane testified about the emotional toll of her lengthy ‘hotel nights’ with Sean Combs

The Independent UK

Students 'forced into slavery' with scholarship lure

A woman who allegedly lured PNG students to Australia and used debt bondage to force them to work on farms has been charged with human trafficking.

AAP

Diddy wrote ‘love letters’ to Cassie Ventura while high with girlfriend ‘Jane’, trial told

The rapper also reportedly called Ventura ‘one of his greatest loves’, jury in sex trafficking trial heard

The Independent UK

'I was framed': British mother facing death penalty in Bali for 'smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight' claims stitch-up

Lisa Stocker, Jonathan Collyer, and Phineas Float have appeared in court accused of drug trafficking

Evening Standard

U.S. Targets 10 Front Companies Used by 'Los Chapitos' to Launder Fentanyl Proceeds

U.S. officials say a real estate firm, a spa, and a clothing rental service are among the front companies used by Los Chapitos to launder proceeds from their fentanyl trafficking operations

Latin Times

AP reporters go behind the story in discussing coverage of the Sean 'Diddy' Combs case

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged in federal court with sex trafficking and racketeering and has pleaded not guilty

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Sinaloa Cartel Leader 'Cadete' Sentenced To Almost 20 Years In Prison For Role In 'International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy'

A Sinaloa Cartel leader known as "Cadete" has been sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for his role in an "international drug trafficking conspiracy"

Latin Times

U.S. Hits El Chapo's Fugitives Sons with Sanctions, $10M Bounties Over Fentanyl Trafficking

Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and his brother, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, are believed to be the current leaders of the Los Chapitos faction within the Sinaloa Cartel. The Treasury Department increased the bounties for their capture and deepened the sanctions against them.

The Guardian - UK

Andrew Tate to appear in court for allegedly driving 90mph over limit in Romania

Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ claims police radar gun must have been ‘calibrated incorrectly’ and says he cannot afford £300 fine

Latin Times

More Individuals Expected to Face Narco-Terrorism Charges, Court Documents Show

Several other individuals are set to be prosecuted as "narco-terrorists," including former Colombian guerrilla fighters and two U.S. citizens.

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‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State

Poppy cultivation and methamphetamine production has surged in Myanmar amid the country’s grinding civil war.

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Man mistakenly deported to El Salvador back in the US to face criminal charges on human smuggling

According to US media reports, the charges stem from a 2022 vehicle stop in which the Tennessee Highway Patrol suspected him of human trafficking.

The Independent UK

Porn site founder who appeared on FBI’s most wanted list pleads guilty in California

Pratt was arrested in Madrid in 2022

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs warned over 'absolutely unacceptable' nodding

Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been given a warning by the judge overseeing his sex trafficking trial after he was seen nodding in the direction of the jury during testimony - with the judge call it "absolutely unacceptable" and threatening to have the shamed music mogul removed from the court room.

The Independent UK

Diddy trial recap: Sean Combs’s ex-girlfriend ‘Jane’ testifies she felt ‘obligated’ to have sex with other men

Jane told the jury she felt ‘obligated’ to participate in Sean Combs’s ‘hotel nights’ as she testified in his sex trafficking trial

The Guardian - US

Judge threatens to remove Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs from court for nodding at jury

Music mogul warned to desist from looking and nodding at jury during sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial

The Guardian - US

Supreme court strikes down Mexico’s lawsuit against US gunmakers

Lawsuit alleged that Smith & Wesson and Interstate Arms aided the illegal trafficking of firearms to drug cartels

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