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Boxing Star Julio César Chávez Jr. Walks Free While Awaiting Trial in Mexico. Where Is He Now?

According to his attorney, Rubén Benítez Álvarez, Chávez, the son of legendary champion Julio César Chávez, is facing charges of organized crime for allegedly taking part, without leadership, administration, or direction, in the clandestine trafficking of firearms into Mexico. Julio César Chávez Jr. was released this weekend.

Latin Times

Those Scam Messages In Your DMs Might Have Been Sent By People In Human Slavery

"There are multiple types of victims, the people who are being scammed around the world, but also the people who are trafficked, held against their will and who are exposed to violence."

Pedestrian.tv

Bulgarian customs seize 70 inflatable boats used for UK migrant trafficking

The boats are produced by unknown Turkish companies and are then sent disassembled in multiple shipments to avoid suspicion in what authorities say is for the sole purpose of trafficking migrants across the English Channel.

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Claudia Sheinbaum Rejects U.S. Strikes On Its Soil: 'No Foreign Government Can Violate Mexico's Sovereignty'

On Tuesday, Sheinbaum denied reports that her administration had reached an agreement with the DEA to "dismantle cartel gatekeepers and combat synthetic drug trafficking."

Latin Times

US Seeks Extradition of Filipino Religious Leader Over Child Sex Trafficking – So Why is the Philippines Not Budging?

Facing charges in both countries, the case tests Philippines-US ties. DOJ awaits urgency to act, amid sovereignty concerns

International Business Times UK

Florida woman lures father and his 2 daughters to her home, accuses him of trafficking the girls as she holds them at gunpoint

The girls kept insisting that he was their father, but the 71yo paid them no attention.

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US warships may reach Venezuela coast by weekend in drug cartel operation

Three US warships to be stationed off the coast of Venezuela in fight against ‘narco-terrorists’, according to reports.

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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum denies knowledge of US drug initiative

Sheinbaum’s remarks come in response to the US unveiling a ‘bold bilateral initiative’ to combat drug trafficking.

Al Jazeera

Julio César Chávez Jr. deported to Mexico for alleged cartel ties and drug trafficking

Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been deported to Mexico following his arrest in the U.S. for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application

The Independent UK

Former Sinaloa cartel kingpin Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada set to plead guilty

Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is set to plead guilty next week in a drug trafficking case

The Independent UK

‘I was completely dehumanised by my father’: how Kate Price uncovered the horrifying truths of her childhood

She was sexually abused by her father until she was about 12 – and he would also sell her to other men. Then she grew up and began researching child sex trafficking, slowly piecing together clues about her own life

The Guardian - UK

Russian firearms suspect arrested in Phuket

Phuket immigration police have arrested a 27-year-old Russian man wanted for illegal possession of firearms in connection with alleged weapons trafficking to Russia.

Bangkok Post

State of emergency declared in New Mexico following rise in crime and drug use

Local authorities and tribal officials in the county had called for state reinforcements to combat the escalating crime linked to illicit drug use

The Independent UK

Bill protecting sex trafficking victims from some criminal charges passes Senate

Senate Bill 10 would shield victims from prosecution from some crimes if they’re threatened or coerced into the act by their trafficker.

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The Independent UK

US sanctions Mexican drug cartel associates accused of scamming elderly Americans

The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Mexican companies and four people it says worked with a powerful drug trafficking cartel to scam elderly Americans in a multimillion-dollar timeshare fraud

The Independent UK

Kid Cudi ‘hated every minute’ of Diddy trial testimony after twice refusing to take stand

Cudi, who briefly dated Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, was subpoenaed to testify at the disgraced music mogul’s sex trafficking trial

The Independent UK

A legal fight is playing out around a Mexican migrant activist accused of human trafficking

A legal battle is playing out in Mexico after police detained a well-known migration activist earlier this month, accusing him of human trafficking

Euronews

Portuguese police shift up a gear with Ferrari seized in drug trafficking probe

Portuguese police's latest acquisition is a Ferrari 488 GTB, which will join a BMW i8 and Ford Mustang V8 in being used for non-crime related duties.

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Hotel Sex Trafficking Suit Can Proceed, Inviting Hotels to Profile and Harass Guests

Can a hotel be guilty of sex trafficking just because it didn't surveil its customers enough?

The Independent UK

Judge denies request to unseal transcripts from grand jury that indicted Maxwell, Epstein's ex

A federal judge in New York has ruled transcripts of secret grand jury testimony in the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell won’t be released

The Independent UK

At least 10 kids were trafficked to an underground sex and abuse bunker. None of the eight suspects were on cops’ radar

An investigation was launched in February, when authorities were called to the bunker and found two of the victims performing sexual acts on each other. Andrea Cavallier details what we know about the case that local police described as the ‘most horrible thing’

International Business Times UK

What Did Nicolas Maduro Do To Venezuela And Why Is The US Government After Him?

The US doubled its bounty on Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro to £37.2M ($50M) on 8 Aug 2025, citing narco-trafficking and electoral fraud. Maduro's regime faces global sanctions

International Business Times

US Raises Bounty On Venezuela's Maduro To $50 Mn

The United States on Thursday doubled its bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro -- who faces federal drug trafficking charges and whose most recent election victory was not recognized by Washington -- to $50 million.

The Guardian - US

‘It’s not a coincidence’: after Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison move … what next?

Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking accomplice was sent to a minimum security facility after meeting a top DoJ official who is Trump’s ex-attorney – experts say ‘this is not the end’

The Independent UK

How Ghislaine Maxwell fell from high society to Epstein’s teen-procuring ‘lady’ amid Trump ‘pardon’ rumors

Survivors of Epstein’s abuse testified that Maxwell played a central role in recruiting vulnerable young women and girls to be groomed for sexual abuse

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