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State lawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis and farm work

LOS ANGELES — California lawmakers are calling for a sweeping investigation into corruption in the state’s cannabis industry, legislative hearings on the exploitation of farmworkers and new laws to thwart labor trafficking in response to revelations of rampant abuses and worker deaths in a multibillion-dollar market that has become increasingly…

Los Angeles Times

Andrew Tate’s rise to fame to be explored in Channel 4 documentary

The social media influencer is being held in a Romanian jail after allegations of human trafficking

Manchester Evening News

Andrew Tate: Channel 4 given ‘full access’ to controversial influencer for new documentary

Controversial influencer is currently under detention in Romania, facing allegations of human trafficking and being part of an organised crime gang

The Independent UK

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Crackdown on sex trafficking operations

Former Victorian police commissioner Christine Nixon will head a review into how Australia's migration system could be exploited by sex traffickers.

AAP

Arizona gun dealers seek to dismiss Mexico's arms trafficking suit

Five U.S. gun dealers filed a motion late Friday in a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit by Mexico accusing them of participating in illicit weapons trafficking.

Reuters

Ecuador says illegal mining is national security threat

Ecuador's government said on Thursday it has declared illegal mining a national security threat, saying it has connections to money laundering and arms trafficking, and said it will take actions to combat it.

Reuters

Italy, Albania drug-trafficking network dismantled, says Europol

Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a network of drug traffickers in Italy and Albania, Europe's Europol police agency said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Andrew Tate appears for day two of forensic device searches

Romanian prosecutors are continuing to search digital devices seized in the case of Andrew Tate, the influential internet personality who is detained in Romania on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking

The Independent UK

Former Colombian drug-trafficking magnate pleads guilty in US

Dairo Antonio Usuga David, or ‘Otoniel’, was leader of the Gulf Clan, one of Colombia’s largest paramilitary groups.

Al Jazeera

Marilyn Manson, Esmé Bianco settle sexual assault lawsuit

LOS ANGELES — Marilyn Manson has reached a settlement with actor Esmé Bianco, who filed a lawsuit in April 2021 accusing the musician — real name Brian Warner — of sexual assault, sexual battery and human trafficking.

Los Angeles Times

Ecuador accuses 28 local election candidates of possible crime links

Ecuador's government on Wednesday accused 28 candidates in local elections in cities across the country of having possible ties to drug trafficking and illegal mining in a report submitted to prosecutors, Interior Minister Juan Zapata said.

Reuters

Man's shock after reading 'love letters' from teen who accused him of sex trafficking

Mohammed Ramzan criticised authorities for not spotting the 'gaping holes' in Eleanor Williams' story earlier and said his family has been through 'unimaginable trauma'

Daily Mirror

Andrew Tate complains there is 'no justice' as phones and laptops searched

Romanian prosecutors are continuing their investigations into organised crime and human trafficking

Wales Online

Yellen tours wildlife reserve to start South Africa visit

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has used a tour of a wildlife park in South Africa to announce a joint initiative to combat wildlife trafficking and related criminal activities in both countries

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The Conversation

Andrew Tate: research has long shown how feminist progress is always followed by a misogynistic backlash

Andrew Tate is a man who has made a living out of controversy. The extensive media coverage garnered since his arrest in Romania on suspicion of rape, human trafficking and organised crime has largely called him out for his misogynistic views.

The Independent UK

Romanian prosecutors search devices in Andrew Tate case

An official says Romanian prosecutors are carrying out forensic searches of mobile phones and laptops as they look for further evidence in the case of social media personality Andrew Tate, who is detained in the country as prosecutors investigate organized crime and human trafficking

Reuters

Ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate says Romanian prosecutors have no evidence against him

Divisive internet personality Andrew Tate said on Wednesday there was no justice in Romania and that the case file against him in a criminal investigation for alleged human trafficking and rape was empty.

Los Angeles Times

Marilyn Manson, Esmé Bianco settle sexual assault lawsuit

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The Independent UK

Doctor who molested patients convicted of sex trafficking

A gynecologist who molested some of his patients during a decadeslong career has been convicted of federal sex trafficking charges

Miami Herald

Over the past three months Haiti has seen some of its worst gang-related violence in decades, affecting the functioning of the judiciary, impeding the government, challenging the United Nations efforts to fight illicit trafficking and keeping children from going to school, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in his latest report…

Reason

Another Bogus 'Sex Trafficking Sting' Led by Homeland Security Agents

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AAP

Killer takes trafficking charge 'on chin'

A Melbourne underworld figure serving a 32-year sentence for murder has taken full responsibility for smuggling drugs into Australia while behind bars.

Reuters

Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea

Mohammed Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between April and October last year. He recalls the September night when, he says, he almost met the same fate: masked men kidnapped him, cut off parts of his left arm and…

Tribune News Service

Youth pastor, teacher among 46 arrested in North Texas prostitution sting

A youth pastor. A high school teacher and football coach. And an operations director of a large hospital network.

Reuters

COVID-19 cut known human trafficking, but Ukraine war a risk: U.N

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the first drop in the known number of human-trafficking victims in 20 years as trafficking opportunities and policing were reduced, but the Ukraine war has probably now caused a new surge, a U.N. report said on Tuesday.

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