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Belgian police detain 25 in Chinese sex worker trafficking inquiry

Belgian police raided 26 addresses across the country and detained 25 people on Tuesday as part of an investigation into a gang suspected of trafficking women from China to become sex workers.

Reuters

Police raid south-east Queensland properties, shut down 'sophisticated' drug trafficking syndicate

Queensland police have charged 29 people with more than 180 offences, including 12 charged with trafficking, following a 14-month operation, supported by federal agencies and specialist police.

ABC News

Signs of illegal gun trafficking, mayoral hopefuls’ plans for CPS and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Zambia drops child trafficking charges against 8 Croatians

A court in Zambia has discharged eight Croatians who were charged with child trafficking

The Independent UK

Gang's £1m plot to smuggle cannabis and cash into Isle of Man using pushchairs and cars

22 people were arrested in total during the police sting, leading to the criminal conviction of 14 people to a combined total of nearly forty years in prison

Liverpool Echo

Cops raid spa linked to fugitive Kampol

Sutthisan police have raided one of two unregistered massage parlours in the Ratchadaphisek area linked to Kampol Wirathepsuporn, a suspect who fled the country after his massage parlour was shut down over a human trafficking case.

Bangkok Post

Powerful play set in Belfast to explore themes of modern slavery and human trafficking

The production unveils the alarming rates of human trafficking and domestic servitude reported in Northern Ireland

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Multi-million pound drugs gang partied in Las Vegas and blew cash in Harrods

Kingpin also made donations to Catholic churches and a youth club while trafficking huge amounts of heroin and cocaine

Liverpool Echo

Justice Department says short ‘time-to-crime’ for guns used in crimes in Chicago points to illegal trafficking

The period from when a gun is bought until it’s recovered in a crime was far lower in Chicago than in New York or Los Angeles, according to a new federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives report.

Chicago Sun-Times

From bus driver to Russian soldier: The journey of an imprisoned Ivorian recruited by Wagner Group

A video posted in early January 2023 showed the leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner with a mercenary who was described as Ivorian. By analysing posts shared on social networks and talking to people who knew him at different times in his life, the FRANCE 24 Observers team managed…

France 24

Michael Hiltzik: The bogus, homophobic campaign against Biden's stellar FCC nominee

No one should be surprised that telecommunications companies revved up opposition to the 2021 nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission. After all, Sohn was known as an effective critic of the industry's monopoly power and a defender of the public interest.

Los Angeles Times

Olympic snowboarders accuse USOPC, national federation of sex trafficking in lawsuit

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the national governing body for snowboarding and the former national team snowboard coach conspired to engage in sex trafficking, enabling and covering up repeated acts of sexual misconduct, three former national team snowboarders claimed in a lawsuit Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Accused cult leader, movie actor held without bail on sex trafficking charges

LAS VEGAS — A North Las Vegas judge ordered a former movie actor to remain in custody without bail Thursday after he was arrested and accused of operating a cult and sex trafficking women and girls he viewed as wives.

Tribune News Service

Interview with Prince Andrew’s ex is cut short as she launches tirade against Virginia Giuffre

Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid shuts down angry exchange after Victoria Hervey claimed Prince Andrew accuser was a ‘con artist’

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Zoo director in Mexico had four of its animals killed and served at Christmas party, police say

Mexico is home to about 12 per cent of the planet’s species that are under threat due to illegal trafficking and habitat loss

The Independent UK

'Dances With Wolves' actor to be charged with sex assault

Former actor Nathan Chasing Horse could be facing multiple sexual assault and sex trafficking charges and life in prison

Reuters

Romanian court rejects Andrew Tate's appeal against detention

Divisive internet personality Andrew Tate will remain in police custody until Feb. 27 after a Bucharest court rejected his appeal against his detention on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Police escort Andrew Tate to court in human trafficking case

If the appeal is unsuccesful Tate and his brother will remain in custody until 17 February

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The Independent UK

Andrew Tate news – latest: Influencer loses appeal over police detention for 30 more days

Brothers had hoped to escape human trafficking and rape charges

The Independent UK

Andrew Tate to appeal second 30-day detention

Andrew Tate, the divisive influencer and former professional kickboxer who is detained in Romania on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, appeared at a court in Bucharest Wednesday to appeal against a second 30-day extension of his detention

The Independent UK

Police arrest actor, raid his Nevada home in sex abuse probe

Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested a former actor at his home after they said they uncovered two decades of sexual assault and human trafficking allegations against Nathan Chasing Horse

ABC News

Canberra man caught with 70 Lego sets, suspected to be stolen, part of organised retail crime syndicate: police

Kris Taps Fridemanis is charged with possession of property suspected of being stolen, receiving stolen property and drug trafficking.

Reuters

Fighting in Colombia leaves at least 10 dead

Fighting in an area key to drug trafficking in southeastern Colombia left at least nine rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN) and one Marine dead, the country's navy said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Laws making it harder for slavery victims to gain support come into force as government avoids scrutiny

Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner post left vacant after watchdog vocally opposed changes that ‘harm genuine trafficking victims’

Liverpool Echo

Schoolboy's Snapchat exposed gang boss directing ruthless heroin ring from prison cell

Wesley Hankin, originally from Wavertree, headed a gang using child drug dealers

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