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Commentary: Don’t blur the lines by calling Mexican drug cartels ‘terrorist organizations’

In a scene from a 2018 movie “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” a U.S. president decides to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups because it will provide new tools for U.S. national security to mitigate growing violence.

Los Angeles Times

Glasgow drug boss teamed up with former Barras market trader on huge trafficking operation

Drug kingpin James Paterson, 34, and Ian Sweeney, 51, worked together on the massive operation. Sweeney was a former Barras Market street trader who later set up his own counter surveillance firm.

Glasgow Live

U.S. border officials seize 900 pounds of fentanyl in first week of new trafficking crackdown

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas hailed "Operation Blue Lotus" as a "monumental shift" during a visit to the border.

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Zuckerberg, Meta are sued for failing to address sex trafficking, child exploitation

A new lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc executives and directors of failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram.

Reuters

Can banks be sued for profiting from Epstein's sex-trafficking? A judge says yes

A trio of lawsuits allege that JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank actively enabled Jeffrey Epstein to run a sex-trafficking ring for underage girls. A judge partially denied a motion to dismiss.

WEKU

Flash Scots drug boss teamed up with ‘surveillance’ expert to carry out huge trafficking operation

James Paterson, 34, and Ian Sweeney, 51, are now behind bars after a lengthy trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Daily Record

Security Patrols Crack Down on Smugglers in South Libya Desert

A security force in western Libya pledged to crack down on gangs smuggling fuel and weapons and trafficking illegal migrants. It said it will deploy more patrols to track them in the southwestern desert and combat their activities “that are undermining national security”. Libya suffers from the widespread smuggling of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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How Sex Trafficking Survivors in India Find New Meaning in Life

Human trafficking is the second largest organized crime in India after drug trafficking. It’s particularly prevalent in the eastern regions of the country, which face extreme weather events like cyclones and floods.

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JPMorgan and Deutsche to face lawsuits over Jeffrey Epstein ties

Manhattan judge allows central accusations that banks benefited from ties to sex trafficker to proceed

The Guardian - US

JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank to face Epstein ties lawsuits

JPMorgan Chase & Co and Deutsche Bank AG face lawsuits accusing them of enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking.

The New Daily

Iraq's looted artefacts: Thousands of antiquities still on black market

On March 20, 2003, a US-led coalition invaded Iraq. Years of conflict and insecurity followed, with wide-ranging consequences to this day. In mid-April 2003, as American troops advanced on Baghdad amid the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Baghdad Museum was looted and tens of thousands of pieces disappeared. Twenty…

France 24

With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

With U.S. overdose fatalities at an all-time high, state legislatures are considering tougher penalties for possession of fentanyl, the powerful opioid linked to most of the deaths

The Independent UK

Legal team fears pilot Daniel Duggan cannot be assured of fair trial in US amid China tensions

Former marine pilot fighting extradition to US on charges of arms trafficking and money laundering says case is a ‘test of Australian sovereignty’

The Guardian - AU

GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors

A formerly well-connected Republican donor goes on trial in Minnesota on Tuesday accused of sex trafficking minors

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Suella Braverman’s ‘stop the boats’ plan would bar 45,000 children from UK

Refugee Council’s claims on impact of her bill come as the home secretary, on a visit to Rwanda, faces pressure from her own party

Miami Herald

Illicit guns and drugs are a problem in the Caribbean. This legislation is offering help

U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Kaine of Virginia are putting their weight behind an initiative to reduce illicit arms trafficking and strengthen security and stability in the Caribbean basin, where an uptick in guns and migration trafficking are endangering small island communities and raising national security concerns…

Tribune News Service

Cocaine production, smuggling on the rise after pandemic-related slowdown

Cocaine production and trafficking is surging around the world after slowing down considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic.

France 24

Cocaine production hits record high as post-Covid demand picks up in Europe

Global production of cocaine has jumped dramatically over the past two years following an initial slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the first report dedicated to the global cocaine market from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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Reason

States Try to Reform Prostitution Laws—for Better and Worse

New bills in six states showcase some right and wrong ways to help sex workers, from full decriminalization to ramping up penalties for prostitution customers.

Bangkok Post

Tearful senator denies drug allegations

A tearful senator Upakit Pacharirangkun on Friday denied allegations that he had been involved in drug trafficking, saying his accusers had fabricated false evidence for political gain.

Chicago Sun-Times

Goonie Gang terrorized Englewood with 3 shootouts a day, boasted on Facebook, feds say

Prosecutors have a mountain of evidence against the small Englewood gang charged with 10 killings, gun-trafficking and other crimes in a racketeering trial set for May.

Bangkok Post

Senior cops moved following raid on Phuket bar

Five senior officers attached to Patong police station have been transferred to inactive posts, following a raid on a bar in Kathu district of Phuket where two women were arrested for procuring girls into the flesh trade and six girls were rescued.

Daily Mirror

Sex-traffic liar jailed for false claims didn't make it all up, claims her dad

Eleanor Williams, 22, was jailed after spinning a disturbing web of lies that drove three men to try and take their own lives and sparked protests in her hometown of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

ABC News

Taskforce Southern detectives make arrests over alleged drug trafficking, police say

SA Police say they have arrested one woman and five men over drug-trafficking, firearm and weapons offences.

Tribune News Service

Suspected fentanyl trafficker caught in Minnesota with enough pills for 2 million deadly doses

MINNEAPOLIS — A single traffic stop last month of a man suspected of trafficking massive quantities of fentanyl pills from California to Minnesota yielded enough pills to produce more than 2 million possible lethal doses, according to new federal charges unsealed this week.

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