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2 drug trafficking rackets busted in Delhi, Rs 21 crore heroin seized

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has busted two drug trafficking networks with the recovery of 3.5 kg of heroin valued over Rs 21 crore in the international market. Three people, including a Nigerian national, were arrested during the raids conducted in Keshav Nagar and Dabri areas in two separate operations, police…

The Times of India

‘Tiger King’ star Doc Antle to face money laundering charges

“Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was arrested by the FBI and expected to appear in court Monday to face federal money laundering charges

The Independent UK

Feds want nearly 34 years for producer who pleaded guilty to trafficking young Indian actresses in Chicago

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors are asking for up to 34 years in prison for a former Indian movie producer who pleaded guilty to running a Chicago-based sex-trafficking ring that lured unsuspecting young actresses from their home country to the U.S., where authorities said they were forced into prostitution, physically abused…

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Father-Son Team Sentenced To Five Years Each For Laundering Cannabis Bitcoin Cash, Here's What Happened

The Department of Justice sentenced dad Kenneth Rhule and son Keith Rhule to five years for breaking some serious federal rules: conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cannabis and money laundering. What the duo had apparently intended to do with an undercover agent made their case even more distasteful. Human Trafficking

Benzinga

Former US Marine gets 16 years in prison as leader of Mexican drug cell

SAN DIEGO — Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr.'s turn from a U.S. Marine to the leader of a Mexican drug trafficking cell can be traced back to the night of Nov. 29, 1994.

Tribune News Service

Former Colombian drug lord Rodriguez Orejuela dies in U.S. prison

Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, a former leader of Colombia's once-powerful Cali cartel, has died in the United States while serving a 30-year drug trafficking sentence, his family said on Wednesday.

Reuters

In gun trafficking’s new frontier, man charged with manufacturing ghost guns in Chicago apartment

CHICAGO — On a Sunday morning in March, Devon Dow allegedly texted a potential customer a photo of some firearms he was selling, along with one word: “YO.”

Chicago Tribune

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Malaysian drug gang arrests in Victoria

Victoria Police officers have arrested 10 Malaysian nationals over the trafficking of commercial quantities of heroin.

AAP

ILO lists NZ among labour 'abuse' cases

Fair Pay Agreements will be scrutinised on the global stage, alongside the policies of a select group of countries accused of child labour, trafficking and violent repression, reports Rebe

Newsroom.co.nz

Asia's synthetic drug trade booms, with record meth seizures

Trafficking of synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia continued to expand last year, with more than one billion methamphetamine tablets seized by authorities, the United Nations said on Monday.

Reuters

The New York DA’s office fighting to stop trade of looted antiquities

Over the past six years, Matthew Bogdanos, a retired Marine colonel who has run the Manhattan DA’s antiquities unit, has convicted a dozen people of antiquities trafficking

The Guardian - US

1B meth pills: East, SE Asia drug industry hits ominous peak

The number of methamphetamine tablets seized in East and Southeast Asia exceeded a billion last year, highlighting the scale of illegal drug production and trafficking in the region

The Independent UK

Smuggling of exotic animals in India reaches high as kangaroos spotted in Bengal

Illegal wildlife trafficking gangs have begun transporting kangaroos – native to Australia – to the eastern Indian state of West Bengal as the smuggling of exotic animals via India rises exponentially.

Radio France Internationale

Bangladeshi trafficking victim’s repatriation cannot be stalled: Calcutta High Court

The survivor has been in Liluah Home at Howrah for safe custody since December 2017.

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NCB busts major drug trafficking network; arrests Nigerian kingpin, seven others

Three women from African countries have also been detained.

ABC News

Former president of the Louvre museum charged in antiquities trafficking case

Jean-Luc Martinez receives preliminary charges for alleged antiquities trafficking, "complicity in organised fraud" and money laundering during his tenure as head of the famous Paris museum.

The Times of India

Lower courts cited 'conspiracy' & grave offences; Bombay HC found no basis

MUMBAI: Seven months ago after two lower courts denied him bail-one of them considered the case on merits-it was Bombay high court that found no grounds in the Narcotics Control Bureau action against Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan and released him on bail. The HC order came days after…

The Times of India

Case shows if WhatsApp chats are read as proof, context is vital

MUMBAI: The cruise drugs case linked to Aryan Khan has brought into focus the legal acceptability of WhatsApp chats as digital secondary evidence. A few screenshots of chats were shown to the trial court judge by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to emphasise Aryan Khan's "involvement'' in an alleged international…

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Chicago Sun-Times

Drug cartel leader ‘El Tomate’ extradited from Mexico, faces federal charges in Chicago

Adan Casarrubias Salgado — also known as “Tomatito,” “Star” and “Silver” — is charged with conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering.

WEKU

A human-trafficking case exposed farmworker abuses. The government is promising change

In response to a letter from Sen. Jon Ossoff, Homeland Security said it plans to begin the process to create new rules to increase protections for farmworkers.

Evening Standard

Human trafficking gang jailed for exploiting hundreds of women across London

The court heard that the gang ran at least five brothels

The Independent UK

Jail terms for gang members who trafficked and exploited women

The court heard that the gang ran at least five brothels.

The Independent UK

Gang who ran brothels jailed on modern slavery and trafficking offences

Police identified at least 300 potential victims of organised crime group run by husband and wife in London and Essex

Bangkok Post

Army: Smugglers, drug gangs behind Tak Bai attack

The army has blamed Wednesday’s attack on a marine police station in Narathiwat on people involved in smuggling, drugs and human trafficking who have been affected by serious crackdowns.

The Hindu

Hyderabad’s drug trafficking problem

There is worry that Hyderabad is possibly emerging as the primary conduit for drug trafficking in India

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