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Lebanon’s Northern Coasts Transform to Platform for Smuggling Migrants

Lebanon’s northern region has been transformed into a trafficking hub for migrants looking to escape the country on “death boats” that sail across the Mediterranean nation’s open waters. Smuggling migrants has become an organized and profitable crime pursued by Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationals. Lebanese authorities, with their modest capabilities,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gaetz may dodge sex-trafficking charges

"Those who told lies about Rep. Matt Gaetz are going to prison," a spokesperson for the congressman says

Salon

US Rep. Matt Gaetz unlikely to face charges in sex-trafficking probe, report says

ORLANDO, Fla. — Citing concerns about the credibility of key witnesses against him — including Seminole County’s former tax collector, Joel Greenberg — career Justice Department prosecutors have recommended against charging U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz with sex trafficking, according to a report.

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Matt Gaetz unlikely to be charged in sex trafficking probe, report says

The Florida congressman has repeatedly denied breaking any laws

The Independent UK

The Griner Effect: 10 Countries You Should Never Bring Marijuana Into When You Visit (And A Few Others That Are OK With Weed)

This article was originally published on Cannabis.net and appears here with permission.

Benzinga

Editorial: The best path to justice in DeSantis’ migrant-flight scandal

It’s becoming increasingly clear that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will have to answer for the dubious legality of his cruel stunt that dropped two state-funded planeloads of migrants on the Massachusetts resort community of Martha’s Vineyard. At the very least, he appears to have violated the boundaries of the state…

Orlando Sentinel

Lizard in your luggage? We're using artificial intelligence to detect wildlife trafficking

Blue-tongue lizards and sulphur-crested cockatoos are among the native animals frequently smuggled overseas.

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Lithuanian fugitive wanted for human trafficking and drug dealing extradited

The 34-year man has strong links to organised crime

Dublin Live

Cocaine dealer caught in Tesco car park with drugs down back of his trousers

Dad-of-four turned to trafficking class A substances after racking up crippling gambling debts

Liverpool Echo

Iraq: 90% of Narcotics Come from Iran

The Iraqi government’s efforts to raise awareness on the dangers of narcotics and to curb drug trafficking are yet to yield effective solutions, as the country has been suffering from a wide spread of drug abuse and trafficking, since the ousting of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. Well-informed officials said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New US Strategy to Limit Captagon Production in Syria

The US House of Representatives passed Tuesday a bill to counter drug production and trafficking and dismantle networks linked to the Assad regime in Syria. The bipartisan bill said that the Captagon trade linked to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria is a transnational security threat, noting that the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Myanmar military-linked tycoon arrested for drug trafficking

Authorities said on Wednesday they had detained a Myanmar tycoon suspected of drug trafficking, who three sources said was linked to the upper echelons of Myanmar's ruling military junta.

Bangkok Post

Malaysian dad pleads help for scam victims after son died

The parents of a Malaysian man who died after falling prey to a human trafficking scheme have appealed to the government to rescue other scam victims trapped in Myanmar and Cambodia

The Independent UK

Cambodian police raid alleged cybercrime trafficking compounds

Cambodian authorities said raids are underway this week at suspected cybercrime compounds across the Southeast Asian country, uncovering evidence of human trafficking, illegal confinement and torture.

Reuters

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Home Affairs consultant accused of drug trafficking 'inspired by Wolf of Wall Street'

The 33-year-old IT consultant has been granted bail after police searched his home.

Liverpool Echo

Mafia syndicate linked to torture and murder arrested across Ibiza, Malaga and Tenerife

Spanish police arrested 32 suspects in connection with large scale drug trafficking and money laundering

AAP

Drug trafficker jailed years after crimes

A Melbourne woman caught with meticulous records of her drug trafficking dating back to 2013 has been jailed for seven years, ending a long-running court case.

The Independent UK

Human trafficking victims and a one-month-old: Florida and Texas migrant transports moved over a dozen kids

Texas alone has sent thousands of migrants to liberal cities

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The Guardian - US

Utah polygamist sect accused of indoctrination, rape and child marriage

Kingston Group hit with lawsuit from former members that alleges unpaid labor, sexual abuse and human trafficking

Salon

Gaetz sought trafficking pardon: report

"Matt Gaetz is the only sitting Congressman to ever ask for a pardon for sex trafficking," said watchdog group CREW

Tribune News Service

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz wanted preemptive pardon in sex trafficking probe, report says

Aware that he was the target of a federal sex trafficking investigation, Rep. Matt Gaetz told a White House aide he’d asked former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows about a preemptive pardon, according to The Washington Post.

The Hindu

Joymala’s case flags gaps in private ownership norms for elephants

Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Tripura and Madhya Pradesh account for 96% of elephants in captivity without ownership certificates

Axios

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Republicans for "trafficking" migrants

"Lying to & trafficking people for TV and clicks isn’t politics as usual. It’s abuse."

The Guardian - US

Stephen Colbert: DeSantis ‘was human trafficking these families as a political stunt’

Late-night hosts discuss the Florida governor’s sending two planes full of asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

Daily Mirror

Ex-Leeds star Raphinha recalls tough upbringing as he "lost friends to drug trafficking"

Raphinha has recalled his early football memories and how he started playing in his native Brazil with the winger now a fully-fledged international and at Barcelona

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