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There's No Way FOSTA Isn't a First Amendment Violation, Says Lawsuit

The case is now on appeal after a lower court said the ban on websites promoting prostitution didn't concern protected speech.

Reason

U.S. judge sentences Mexican cartel boss to life in prison

Mexican crime lord Jorge Costilla Sanchez was sentenced to life in prison in a U.S. federal court on Thursday for his involvement in trafficking marijuana and cocaine to the United States, the Justice Department said.

Reuters

Four behind bars for sex trafficking as women forced to work in brothels across Glasgow

Jagpal Singh, 52, his partner Donglin Zhang, 48, Vlassis Ntaoulias, 33, and Boonsong Wannas, 62 lured victims from China and Thailand with the promise of legitimate employment.

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Q&A: Next steps for Iowa teen sentenced for killing rapist

Donations are pouring in to help a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by a court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her

The Independent UK

Iowa court orders girl who killed accused rapist to pay his family $150,000

Human trafficking victim placed on probation with risk of 20 years’ prison for manslaughter

Evening Standard

Germany bans 1,700-strong ‘rocker’ gang for violent crime links

Police raid 50 addresses and ban symbols of United Tribuns, cross-national gang linked to human trafficking and attempted murder

The Guardian - UK

Outrage as teen who killed her sex trafficking rapist forced to pay his family $150,000

Pieper Lewis, 17, stabbed a man 30 times in 2020 who had allegedly raped her but the court said it had 'no option' but to order the huge payment under Iowa state law

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An Iowa teenager who killed her accused rapist is sentenced and ordered to pay $150K

Teenage human trafficking victim Pieper Lewis was sentenced to five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 to the man's family. She had pled guilty earlier to charges in his death.

WEKU

Men arrested over alleged involvement in cocaine syndicate operating just outside Canberra face court

Three men who police allege were involved in a drug trafficking syndicate operating in the Monaro region face court.

ABC News

Iowa teen who killed rapist sentenced, ordered to pay $150K

A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death has been sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man's family

The Independent UK

No region is 'immune' as the number of people in 'modern slavery' climbs to 50 million

According to a new report, the number of people subject to forced labor or marriage or trafficking has increased substantially since 2016, with the majority of forced labor cases in rich countries.

WEKU

Ecuador plans referendum to cut to assembly seats, fight drug trafficking

President Guillermo Lasso said on Monday he will ask Ecuadoreans to approve a reduction in the number of lawmakers, allow the military to support police work to fight drug trafficking and back efforts to protect water sources in a referendum vote.

Reuters

Global Pressure Mounts on Cambodia Over Foreign-run Trafficking, Scamming Rings

Cambodian authorities have rescued at least 900 foreign citizens from trafficking rings this year, the interior minister said.

The News Lens

Police seek to build trust with child victims in India's Rajasthan

In many parts of the western Indian state of Rajasthan, child labour is prevalent, with those forced to do menial jobs often victims of trafficking. Handling rescued children is a sensitive process that requires special skills – something the police are looking to improve on.

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The Independent UK

Police chief among 160 people arrested in Florida sex sting

Polk County sheriff’s office say they dismantled a major human trafficking organisation

The Hindu

States not booking human trafficking under relevant laws: MHA

Tamil Nadu among others not utilising Cri-MAC to share grave crimes on real time basis

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Returns Antiquities to Egypt

Authorities in New York announced Wednesday the return of 16 antiquities to Egypt, including five works that were seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a probe into international art trafficking. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the 16 works were worth more than $16 million.

Reuters

Colombia approves extradition of government-allied senator's brother to U.S

Colombia's government on Wednesday approved the extradition of Alvaro Fredy Cordoba, the brother of a senator in the left-wing Pacto Historico party of President Gustavo Petro, to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges.

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The Guardian - UK

Oman ‘failing to stop trafficking and abuse of migrant domestic workers’

Report finds widespread instances of forced labour, with women denied access to passports and subjected to physical or sexual abuse

Reuters

Nigeria's Rivers state police free 15 children abducted for trafficking

Police in Nigeria's Rivers state rescued 15 children who were abducted in order to be trafficked, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

Journalist killed on Paraguay's violent border with Brazil

A journalist was murdered on Paraguay's violent border with Brazil on Tuesday, the latest episode of violence in a region increasingly besieged by drug trafficking and gang disputes.

Sports Illustrated

Report: 76ers Signing Montrezl Harrell to Two-Year Deal

His felony marijuana trafficking charge in Kentucky has been reduced to a misdemeanor possession charge.

Bangkok Post

Iran sentences 2 women said to be LGBT activists to death

DUBAI: Two women have been sentenced to death in Iran on charges of "corruption on earth" and human trafficking over the last few days, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

The Hindu

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina arrives in India on four-day visit

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum: Canada would back Islamic State ‘trafficking’ inquiry

Pressure mounts for independent investigation into alleged smuggling of British schoolgirl into Syria by Canadian agent in 2015

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