A human trafficking expert railed against the Biden-Harris administration on Capitol Hill Tuesday for losing track of more than 320,000 migrant children, sharing a horrific tale of one girl’s abuse as an example of the “dangerous loopholes” that have led to widespread exploitation. Alicia Hopper, who has provided oversight to…
The now 21-year-old woman has returned home to her family in Iraq after complex rescue involving Israel, US and Jordan. A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State fighters in Iraq in 2014 was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation that involved Iraq, Israel, Jordan and the United…
A Texas woman has confessed to drugging young girls with melatonin gummies while trafficking them into the US — just as border agents are warning that kids are being smuggled through similar means all across the southern border. Vanessa Valadez, 23, of Laredo, pleaded guilty Friday to working with family…
Masked police officers in Romania carried out fresh raids early Wednesday at the home of divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, said it was searching four homes…
Amin thinks it was about a month before they arrived in Malaysian waters. It was the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Malaysia had locked down and sealed its borders, but the people smugglers were hoping that the virus would quickly die down and border control would relax, Amin…
Latest report comes amid a surge in mostly Muslim Rohingya making dangerous sea journeys in search of safety. Conflict, climate and the demand for low-paid labour in countries such as Thailand and Malaysia, with corruption as a “major enabler”, are driving the growth of the people smuggling trade in Southeast…
The IOM believes the people were migrants who died in the process of being smuggled through the desert in Libya. The bodies of at least 65 people have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya, the United Nations’ migration agency has said. In a statement on Friday, the…
NewsFeed There were angry scenes outside a court in South Africa where a mother was charged with kidnapping and trafficking her own 6-year-old daughter, whose disappearance has made headlines across the country. Published On 14 Mar 202414 Mar 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original…
About 950 pages of court documents identifying associates of financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public on Wednesday. What is the Jeffrey Epstein list? Included in the unsealed papers are the names of about 150 Epstein associates. The documents were filed as part of Virginia Giuffre’s 2015 defamation…
EXPLAINER A makeshift courtroom was set up in a French airport to investigate human trafficking concerns. A plane carrying suspected victims of human trafficking was rerouted to India while on its way to Nicaragua after being detained in France. It has now landed in Mumbai. While no evidence of trafficking…
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