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New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

In late 2025, Interpol coordinated a global operation across 134 nations, seizing roughly 30,000 live animals, confiscating illegal plant and timber products, and identifying about 1,100 suspected wildlife traffickers for national police to investigate.

The Conversation

US strike on alleged narco-trafficking ship near Colombia kills two

The US Southern Command confirmed a new lethal attack in international waters near Colombia, as part of its Operation Southern Lance against South American drug traffickers.

Euronews

US strikes another alleged drug-trafficking boat in Eastern Pacific

The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

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Mokbel's big jet plane dreams as he tastes freedom

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel is excited about jetting overseas after nearly two decades in jail or on bail, after prosecutors dropped retrial plans.

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Victims have told us the worst of Epstein’s crimes for decades – and they are still being ignored

As the US Department of Justice published 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files, deputy US attorney Todd Blanche indicated that the deluge of documents wouldn’t lead to additional criminal charges. Victims want “to be made whole”, he said, but that “doesn’t mean we can just create evidence or that…

The Conversation

Democrats say Trump’s immigration crackdown has undermined efforts to combat human trafficking

House Democrats say US anti-trafficking efforts have been hamstrung by diversion of resources to immigration raids

The Guardian - US

Judge: Deal reached to protect identities of Epstein victims in documents release

A federal judge who presided over the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein says a Wednesday conference to address harm done to the financier's victims by a massive release of records isn't needed after a deal was struck to protect their identities

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Elon Musk rides Epstein truth train — questions how client arrest counter ‘still zero’

"Ghislaine Maxwell is in prison for what exactly?"

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‘Marketplace for predators’: Meta faces jury trial over child exploitation claims

New Mexico attorney general accuses Meta of failing to safeguard children against trafficking and sexual abuse

The Guardian - US

Handling of Epstein files is ‘outrageous’, say attorneys of his sex trafficking survivors

Tranche of government-held files filled with ‘ham-fisted redactions’ and expose survivors’ identities, say attorneys

The Guardian - US

Venezuela announces a general amnesty for political prisoners incarcerated since 1999

Delcy Rodríguez has proposed an amnesty law that would cover political prisoners detained during the entire Chavista period. The measure excludes cases of murder, drug trafficking and human rights violations. Families are waiting cautiously.

Euronews

Indians are sending me tips about 'Hyderabad fraudsters': Texas journalist on H-1B abuse

Texas journalist Sara Gonzales who claimed to have blown the lid off the H-1B abuse going on in Texas after visiting empty H-1B office sites said that her expose, she has been receiving tips from Indians that the fraud is real. Gonzales said Indians are reaching out to her, informing…

The Times of India

Two men accused of kidnapping woman in extortion plot

A woman was kidnapped by two men in an extortion plot before a "significant" amount of drugs were discovered in a major operation, police say.

AAP

Former Canadian Olympic Snowboarder Ryan Wedding Pleads Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

U.S. prosecutors accuse Wedding of leading a transnational drug trafficking network with operations spanning South America, Mexico, Canada and the United States.

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Trump Admin Faces First Wrongful Death Accusation in Court Over Venezuela Boat Strikes

After conducting numerous airstrikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela last year, the Trump administration is facing its first wrongful death lawsuit.

The Independent UK

Three arrested for trafficking elephant tusks, rhinoceros horns and other animal goods

One of the largest cases of trafficking illegal animal products in recent years

Euronews

Ex-Olympic snowboarder denies drug trafficking and orchestrating murders in US court

Canadian national Ryan Wedding is accused of moving cocaine to the United States and Canada and directing the killing of a federal witness in Colombia.

The Independent UK

Opening statements set in sex trafficking trial of 2 real estate agents and their brother

Prosecutors are set to introduce a New York jury to evidence they say will prove that two sibling real estate agents who catered to the jet-set crowd and a third brother sexually attacked dozens of women for over a decade

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Texas college girl books hotel through third-party site. Then her Uber driver has a scary warning for her: ‘That uber driver was SCARED for us’

A Texas student booked a hotel online, only to arrive at the steps of a dilapidated and scary looking Red Roof Inn, a place that was crawling with “interesting characters” and worn-out, unclean furnishings. Then, she realized the hotel chain also had a terrifying history.

The Independent UK

Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to court

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court on charges related to allegedly running a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings

Euronews

More than 3,700 arrested in global human trafficking crackdown, Interpol says

Operation Liberterra III took place across 119 countries, the agency headquartered in France that helps police in 196 member countries collaborate to fight international crime said.

The Conversation

A more complete Latin American history, including centuries of US influence, helps students understand the complexities surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s arrest

Many of our college freshman students will have seen and read about the Jan. 3, 2026, U.S. military operation in Venezuela that culminated in the arrest of its leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores. The U.S. has charged Maduro and Flores with conspiracy and drug trafficking. Maduro and…

The Independent UK

Interpol arrests more than 3,700 suspects in global trafficking crackdown

A global crackdown on human traffickers and migrant smugglers coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects and aided over 4,400 potential trafficking victims around the world

The Guardian - US

‘Disheartening’: US justice department slashes funding to programs combating child sex trafficking

Prosecutors say cuts to funding and training limits their ability to bring child predators to justice

The Independent UK

US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro's capture

The U.S. military says it’s carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month

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