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The Latest Breaking News from Trafficking

The news about 59 Rohingya "abandoned" near southernmost Satun province early this month reminds us that fighting the heinous crime of human trafficking will be a hard-won battle.

Bangkok Post

DeSantis wants panel to probe trafficking, sanctuary cities

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has asked that a statewide grand jury be set up to examine networks that illegally smuggle people into the state

The Independent UK

Grim options, grim choices: trafficked girls in India

Poverty and abuse often mean Indian girls and women see human traffickers as their ticket to a better life – and this only grew worse during the pandemic.

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For migrant sex workers, choice matters

Nepal’s approach to protecting migrant workers lacks the nuance needed to seriously address abuse.

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Inmate planned to strangle Ghislaine Maxwell in her sleep at Brooklyn jail, lawyer says

NEW YORK — One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow detainees at the Brooklyn federal lockup plotted to murder her, a defense lawyer said in a court filing Wednesday aimed at lightening Maxwell’s sentence on sex trafficking charges for procuring young women for Jeffrey Epstein.

Tribune News Service

Ghislaine Maxwell asks court for sex trafficking sentence of ‘well below’ 20 years

The disgraced British socialite’s lawyers argued that she was threatened in jail and cannot be made proxy for Jeffrey Epstein

The Guardian - US

Hidu, the electronic-sniffing dog, helps fight kiddie porn in pedophilia case in Mexico City

Soon after graduating from training in Indianapolis, the black Lab was lent by a U.S. anti-sex-trafficking group to help Mexican prosecutors. It paid off.

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Asylum seekers facing deportation to Rwanda include 'torture victims' with 'severe PTSD'

Of the seven asylum seekers removed from a plane set to depart to Rwanda last night, five are trafficking and torture victims while one had "quite severe PTSD" says the founder of Care4Calais

Daily Mirror

Reputed Mexican cartel boss extradited in Miami-Dade’s biggest meth-smuggling case

The reputed leader of a Mexican drug cartel appeared in Miami federal court Monday after his extradition from Guatemala on narco-trafficking charges accusing him of directing the largest shipment of methamphetamine to Miami-Dade in the county’s history.

Miami Herald

'Puzzling' arrests as Liverpool suspects turn up in Italian and Albanian mafia turf

The men are suspected of involvement in the highest echelons of organised crime in Europe

Liverpool Echo

Asylum seekers are being rushed towards flights to Rwanda, without proper access to justice

Survivors of torture and trafficking must be able to present their case in a fair and lawful way. That simply isn’t happening, says Kerry Smith, CEO of Asylum Aid

The Guardian - UK

‘Everywhere. Everything. Everyone’: Drugs are back in the EU

The European Union's drug agency says trafficking and drug use across the bloc are returning to pre-pandemic levels

The Independent UK

Sen. Marco Rubio asks for an Interpol red alert notice to arrest Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to request an Interpol red alert notice for the arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro so he can be brought to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

Miami Herald

South American crime gang believed to be behind illegal immigrants found working at Meath business

The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) officers investigating a suspected trafficking ring led a targeted multi-agency raid on a commercial premises

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The Times of India

Pubs, bars, put up drug use warning in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: All pubs, bars and restaurants across the state have put up clear warnings against consumption, trafficking and harbouring of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances on their premises as per orders of the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA).

AAP

Survivors fight back against trafficking

Modern slavery in its many forms is big business - from underage girls being forced into marriage or sold for the sex trade - but survivors are speaking up.

Irish Mirror

South American crime gang believed to be behind 'significant' number of illegal immigrants found working at Meath business

The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) officers investigating a suspected trafficking ring led a targeted multi-agency raid on a commercial premises

The Hindu

Survivor-leaders to press for passage of Trafficking of Persons Bill

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Reuters

Colombia extradites ex-FARC commander to U.S. on drugs charges

Colombia has extradited a former commander of the leftist FARC paramilitary group to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said on Friday.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Poor implementation of welfare measures leaves trafficking survivors in lurch, says NGO

RTI queries filed by Vimukthi Survivor Leaders’ Collective and HELP bring the sorry state of affairs to light

Liverpool Echo

'Crime ring' smashed after County Lines drug trafficking raids

"They use the vulnerable to deal their drugs, whilst they sit back and live off the criminal earnings"

Radio France Internationale

Pony to plate: Horsemeat trafficking 'gang' on trial in France

Horse traders, veterinarians, merchants and meat industry professionals were among 18 people who went on trial in Marseille on Tuesday accused of running a vast European trafficking ring that led to the slaughter of hundreds of horses unfit for human consumption.

The Canberra Times

Bikie boss denies drug trafficking after airport arrest

The Canberra Comanchero commander entered a not guilty plea through his lawyer on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 104 of the invasion

Russia claims control of 97% of Luhansk as UN warns war is creating a human trafficking crisis

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: 600 Ukrainians held captive in Kherson

Ukraine news from June 7: Presidential aide says prisoners held in ‘inhumane conditions’ and are victims of torture.

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