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Rapper Fetty Wap pleads guilty in drug-trafficking case, faces minimum 5 years in federal prison

NEW YORK — Rapper Fetty Wap has admitted to his role in a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring, pleading guilty in Long Island Federal Court Monday in exchange for a minimum five years in federal prison.

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NYC human trafficking victims forced into prostitution, fraud desperately seek a way out of the shadows

NEW YORK — Amber came to New York in 2012 to escape an abusive relationship and find work to support her young daughter. Not long after arriving, she was turning tricks for a trafficker who wouldn’t let her come home from work each day until she’d made him $1,000 —…

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Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data

Some 40 million people are enslaved around the world today, though estimates vary. Modern slavery takes many different forms, including child soldiers, sex trafficking and forced labor, and no country is immune. From cases of family controlled sex trafficking in the United States to the enslavement of fishermen in Southeast…

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SA police make significant Ironside arrest

South Australian police have charged a man with multiple counts of drug trafficking in a significant arrest related to Operation Ironside.

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Large-scale gun, drug busts mark latest chapter in federal violent crime crackdown in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Separate federal raids in the Twin Cities and Rochester this week yielded the seizure of dozens of firearms — including devices to turn them into machine guns — and the takedown of a large-scale meth trafficking group, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said Friday.

Tribune News Service

HC directs UIDAI to disclose Aadhaar details of 12 Bangladeshi nationals to NIA

The investigation agency is probing fabrication of documents to secure Aadhaar for illegal immigrants from that country

The Hindu

How US gun laws and South Florida ports help fuel Haiti’s escalating gang violence

MIAMI — When the cargo ship “Miss Lilie” left Miami one recent afternoon and pulled into port along Haiti’s northwest coast, it had all the markings of a legitimate government operation.

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Drug-dealing reality TV star avoids jail

Reality TV star Christopher Mark Jensen has received a suspended prison sentence for drug trafficking after waiting almost five years for the verdict.

AAP

Ex-footballers to cycle around clubs ‘to show red card to human trafficking’

The cycle is to take place on August 19 around five football clubs in the North East.

The Independent UK

The Satanic Panic Is Back, and It's Bipartisan

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Reason

Rights leader warned Congress about Haiti gangs. But the problem has only gotten worse

When the number of gang-involved massacres in Haiti stood at five a few years ago, the head of a leading human rights group warned U.S. lawmakers about the Caribbean nation’s exploding crises of gang violence and firearms trafficking.

Miami Herald

Prosecutors in Argentina say opera star Plácido Domingo had dealings with sex trafficking ring

Authorities obtained a wiretap that prosecutors say includes Domingo's voice.

Axios

FBI rescues more than 200 sex trafficking victims, including 84 children

‘As we did in this operation, the FBI and our partners will continue to find and arrest traffickers, identify and help victims, and raise awareness of the exploitation [of] our most vulnerable populations’

The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz’s GOP opponent launches ad suggesting he was Mar-a-Lago informant

Florida representative, who faces an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, has cultivated a reputation as a hardcore Trumpist

The Independent UK

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What We Know About the FBI's Latest National 'Human Trafficking' Sting

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AAP

Woman and son trafficked lolly cannabis

A Tasmanian woman who trafficked cannabis-oil-infused gummy lollies in an operation with her son was motivated by wanting to help pain sufferers.

Tribune News Service

Feds investigating Black Hammer Party in wide-ranging criminal probe

ATLANTA — The Black Hammer Party, an Atlanta-based extremist group that preaches violent revolution against the United States government, is the target of a joint investigation by the FBI and the Fayetteville Police Department on a charges ranging from weapons offenses and narcotics to kidnapping and human trafficking.

The Guardian - AU

Papua New Guinea’s undocumented children face ‘perfect storm of vulnerability’

Just 15% of children in PNG have their birth registered. Without a birth certificate, trafficking and exploitation are far easier

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Ecuador city declares state of emergency amid dramatic rise in gang bombings

Gangs in Guayaquil use increasingly violent tactics in battle for dominance of cocaine trafficking routes to Europe and the US

WEKU

R. Kelly is going on trial in Chicago after being convicted in New York

R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago is starting. The singer faces a slew of legal battles and was already sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking and racketeering.

Reuters

Brittney Griner legal team appeals against Russian drugs sentence

The defence team of Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star jailed for nine years in Russia on drugs charges, appealed on Monday against her conviction for narcotics possession and trafficking.

Daily Mirror

Teen trafficking victim describes horror after not seeing daylight in two years

Dai was just 14 when he was tricked into leaving his home and going to work in another country under the false promise of better pay and job opportunities in China

The Japan News/Yomiuri

NPO planned organ transplants in Sri Lanka

In a case of suspected organ trafficking in living donor kidney transplants, a nonprofit organization in Japan had planned transplants in Sri Lanka this year and told an overseas coordinator it would send "two patients [at intervals] for a total of about 10 patients," The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from…

The Guardian - UK

UK’s people trafficking referrals at record high, Home Office data shows

Government’s system for potential trafficking victims to access support had 4,171 referrals from April to June

Bangkok Post

Buried, murdered couple may have links to drug smugglers, say police

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The slain Vietnamese woman and Nigerian man recently found buried in Chok Chai district were lovers, and their deaths may be linked to transnational crystal methamphetamine trafficking, according to police.

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