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fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 day ago
London politics

Taxi drivers smuggled hundreds of illegal migrants from UK to France

A gang of taxi drivers led by Madjid Belabes smuggled hundreds of illegal migrants from the UK to France, charging £1,200 per person and generating nearly £290,000 over nine months.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 weeks ago
UK news

People smuggler forced migrants to work 12-hour shifts without breaks, food or water

A Brazilian cleaner used her cleaning company to traffic migrants into forced labour in the UK and received a three-year prison sentence.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 day ago

Taxi drivers smuggled hundreds of illegal migrants from UK to France

A gang of taxi drivers led by Madjid Belabes smuggled hundreds of illegal migrants from the UK to France, charging £1,200 per person and generating nearly £290,000 over nine months.
#sex-trafficking
New York City
fromShore News Network
3 weeks ago

Bushwick man sentenced to eight years for trafficking minors

Terrence Rogers was sentenced to eight years for recruiting three teenage girls for paid sexual conduct and must register as a sex offender.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

Sprawling network of brothels in Ventura and L.A. counties busted by authorities

A large Southern California brothel ring operating via a sex services website was dismantled, resulting in two arrests and potential human trafficking victims identified.
NYC parents
fromHuntington, NY Patch
1 day ago

Queens Man Accused Of Trafficking Girls As Young As 14 Across LI, NYC: Feds

A Queens man was arrested and federally indicted on 12 counts for sex trafficking five victims, including three minor girls aged 14-17, across Long Island and New York City from 2021 to present.
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Online scam centers in Cambodia targeted with new legislation setting hefty fines and prison time

This law is the most important legal instrument for Cambodia in combating scams online, fighting money laundering and demonstrating that Cambodia is not a paradise or a safe haven for criminals. The new legislation approved by the Cabinet sets five to 10 years in prison and a fine of 500 million to 1 billion riels for organizing or directing a technology fraud site.
World news
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

Advocates concerned city has not reviewed LA28 plan for homeless, human trafficking

Los Angeles has not publicly released a human rights report on Olympic preparations for civil rights, homelessness, and human trafficking despite receiving it over two months ago, raising concerns about accountability and adequate resource allocation.
#migrant-smuggling
#forced-labor
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Woman kept in Dickensian' servitude for 25 years speaks out as abuser jailed

A woman held captive and forced to work for 25 years by Amanda Wixon was freed; Wixon received a 13-year prison sentence for severe abuse including beatings, chemical assault, and forced labor.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
3 days ago

Has Cambodia really cut cybercrime by half?

Cambodia has reduced scam compound activity by half since early this year amid international pressure to eliminate digital criminal networks operating from the country.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

Dozens of missing, abused and trafficked minors rescued in and around Southern California

Operation Safe Return rescued 37 missing minors aged 14-17 across Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, with seven arrests made during the four-day law enforcement operation.
US news
fromenglish.elpais.com
6 days ago

The shadow of Jeffrey Epstein tarnishes Costa Rica's picture-postcard image

Costa Rica is a destination for child sexual exploitation by criminal networks, with the Epstein Files revealing 324 mentions of the country and prompting an official investigation into trafficking operations.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 days ago

Oakland man gets probation for pimping woman struggling to find housing

A 33-year-old Oakland man received two years probation for pimping a woman he recruited through TikTok after offering her housing while she was homeless.
fromCalifornia Post
1 week ago

California bishop who allegedly made several trips to Mexican brothel arrested at San Diego airport trying to flee US

On Thursday, March 5, 2026, Bishop Emmanuel Shaleta was contacted and detained at the San Diego International Airport attempting to leave the country. Shaleta faces eight counts of embezzlement, eight counts of money laundering, and one count of aggravated white-collar crime, officials said.
Mission District
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Suspect in Oakland kidnapping, child sex trafficking, accepts 5-year plea deal

A man accused of trafficking minors while on bail for kidnapping and robbery charges pleaded no contest to pimping and assault, accepting a five-year prison sentence.
#sexual-abuse-investigation
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
London politics

Met interviews three suspects over Mohamed Al Fayed's alleged sexual assaults

Three women are being investigated for allegedly facilitating Mohamed Al Fayed's sexual abuse of 154 victims over four decades, including human trafficking charges.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago
London politics

Al Fayed abuse should be investigated as human trafficking, says former senior Met officer

An investigation into Mohamed Al Fayed's sexual abuse allegations should be expanded to include human trafficking charges, with lawyers arguing the current scope is insufficient to prosecute enablers.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Met interviews three suspects over Mohamed Al Fayed's alleged sexual assaults

Three women are being investigated for allegedly facilitating Mohamed Al Fayed's sexual abuse of 154 victims over four decades, including human trafficking charges.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Al Fayed abuse should be investigated as human trafficking, says former senior Met officer

An investigation into Mohamed Al Fayed's sexual abuse allegations should be expanded to include human trafficking charges, with lawyers arguing the current scope is insufficient to prosecute enablers.
London politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Three women interviewed by police over enabling Mohamed al-Fayed's abuse

Three women are being interviewed under caution in a Metropolitan Police investigation into former Harrods boss Mohamed al-Fayed, with 154 people reporting allegations of rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, and human trafficking.
Miscellaneous
fromReadWrite
1 week ago

Gambling laundering network found exploiting Ukrainian refugees

Spanish police arrested 12 people operating a money-laundering network that exploited Ukrainian refugees by using their bank accounts and online gambling platforms to disguise millions in illegal profits.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Our children were sold off': The South Africans sent to fight Russia's war

African men, including South Africans, were deceived into traveling to Russia for security training but were instead conscripted into paramilitary forces and sent to fight in Ukraine, with African soldiers reporting worse treatment than others on the front lines.
Higher education
fromESPN.com
1 week ago

California school hired a coach, but police say he moonlighted as a pimp

Cal State Bakersfield's basketball program faces a major scandal after an assistant coach was arrested on charges including human trafficking, drug possession, and child pornography.
#jeffrey-epstein
fromQueerty
1 week ago
US politics

The secrets buried at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico could become Tr*mp's worst nightmare - Queerty

fromQueerty
3 weeks ago
US politics

How the New Mexico Epstein investigation could end up being Tr*mp's worst nightmare - Queerty

UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Police give Epstein investigation update as Andrew's protection officers contacted

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct amid Metropolitan Police inquiries linking travel and protection officers to Jeffrey Epstein-related trafficking and sexual exploitation allegations.
UK news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

Andrew Under Fresh Scrutiny Following Epstein Documents - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

The Metropolitan Police is reviewing Epstein-related US court documents to investigate possible trafficking via London airports and to contact officers linked to Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor.
US politics
fromQueerty
1 week ago

The secrets buried at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico could become Tr*mp's worst nightmare - Queerty

New Mexico reopened a 2019 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch, where trafficking and sexual abuse occurred for 26 years, after the federal probe stalled under Trump's DOJ.
fromQueerty
3 weeks ago
US politics

How the New Mexico Epstein investigation could end up being Tr*mp's worst nightmare - Queerty

#law-enforcement
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 weeks ago

Healey orders a review of 'Epstein flights landing at RAF bases' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Healey has instructed officials at the Ministry of Defence to examine records dating back over two decades, including flight logs and passenger manifests. Any material relevant to criminal investigations will be forwarded to police authorities. The investigation will focus on whether military transport infrastructure, including RAF airbases, was used in connection with suspected trafficking activities.
UK news
Miscellaneous
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Deadly journeys: Refugees, migrants risk everything to reach Europe

Mediterranean crossings from North Africa to Europe result in record deaths, with over 560 missing in early 2025, while refugees in Libya face systematic abuse from militias and traffickers.
#african-recruitment
UK news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

UK investigating whether Epstein used air force bases for sex trafficking

UK Defence Secretary John Healey launched an investigation into whether Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women into Britain via private jets landing at RAF bases.
#jeffrey-epstein-investigation
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Kenyan man charged with duping people to fight for Russia in Ukraine war

A Kenyan man faces human trafficking charges for recruiting 22 youths to fight for Russia in Ukraine through deceptive employment promises.
#kenya
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

Human trafficking of workers a growing problem in Atlantic Canada, RCMP say | CBC News

Labour trafficking in Nova Scotia is increasing, involving coercion, threats, document confiscation, forced criminality, underpayment, and disproportionately affecting vulnerable immigrant and temporary workers.
San Francisco
fromsfist.com
3 weeks ago

Friday Morning Constitutional: Supreme Court Kills Trump Tariffs

Supreme Court struck down most of Trump's tariffs; regional reports include a canceled UCLA lecture, fatal shootings, trafficking arrests, budget strains, and a park expansion.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Police: Ukiah man kept woman hostage at Oakland hotel to force her into servitude

A 22-year-old man allegedly trafficked and forcibly confined a woman to compel her into prostitution after meeting her on Instagram.
#sexual-assault
Boston
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

Man arrested in Fenway on child rape, human trafficking charges

Talik Rashaun Garcia, 36, was arrested in Boston on child exploitation and human trafficking-related charges including rape, trafficking, and possession of child sexual material.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Getting caught buying sex in Oakland could now mean thousands of dollars in new fines

Oakland approved an ordinance boosting fines and penalties for buyers, traffickers, and enabling property owners while directing funds to help women escape street exploitation.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Journey of hell': Migrants in Libya endure torture, rape, forced labour

The United Nations has warned that migrants in Libya, including young girls, face the risk of being killed, tortured, raped, or forced into domestic slavery. According to a UN Human Rights Office report released on Tuesday, migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees are being forcibly abducted and jailed for long periods until they're sold or kidnappers receive ransom from relatives. list of 4 itemsend of list They endure prolonged detention and are coerced through torture and inhumane treatment into paying for their release, said the report titled Business as Usual.
World news
US news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

New Mexico lawmakers launch probe into Epstein's Zorro Ranch

New Mexico established a bipartisan truth commission to investigate alleged sex trafficking and abuse at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch and collect victim testimony.
Public health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

San Mateo County approves $832,000 to expand domestic violence, human trafficking response

San Mateo County approved $831,829 to add eight positions, staffing a Family Justice Center and two criminalists to strengthen domestic violence and human trafficking response.
fromsfist.com
4 weeks ago

Saturday Links: San Francisco Tech Company Launches $8,000 Laundry-Folding Robot

Janyla Amazing Haqq, 19, was charged in San Mateo County court Wednesday for kidnapping a 14-year-old girl in Daly City and taking her to Oakland to be forced into human trafficking. Prosecutors say Haqq convinced the girl and her male friend to get in a car with her and three strangers, when they proceeded to take the girl to International Boulevard in Oakland after dropping the boy off, who told the girl's mother. [KRON4]
California
fromQueerty
4 weeks ago

2016 video of Pam Bondi comes back to haunt her after terrible testimony before Congress - Queerty

When running for re-election as Florida Attorney General, Pam Bondi touted her efforts to prosecute sex traffickers. "Florida ranks third nationally in calls for help in human trafficking, where young women and children are enslaved and abused. I knew we needed all hands on deck," she said in a 2016 ad that's now gone viral for all of the wrong reasons. "I'll fight to put human trafficking monsters where they belong," she continued. "Behind bars."
US politics
#cryptocurrency
US politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

The Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier Than Ever to Exploit Farmworkers

Expansion of the H-2A seasonal visa program can leave foreign agricultural workers vulnerable to exploitation, trafficking, wage theft, and abusive labor conditions.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Labour's efforts to ramp up one-in-one-out deportations hit by fresh legal challenges

Legal challenges by migrants risk disrupting the UK's one-in, one-out deportation scheme over concerns about trafficking victim support in France and Home Office policies.
World news
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

Russia's Foreign Fighter Pipeline: How Moscow Exploits Global Poverty to Feed Ukraine's Frontlines

Russia relies on foreign recruitment and coercive human-trafficking tactics to fill battlefield ranks, exploiting migrants and offering cash, citizenship, and coercion.
Boston
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Man arrested in Seaport, charged with human trafficking

A 23-year-old West Roxbury man, Schineider Dave Macean, was arrested in the Seaport and charged with human trafficking and related prostitution offenses.
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

7 Of The Biggest Canned Fish Lawsuits Of All Time - Tasting Table

Some of its biggest players, like Bumble Bee Foods, Chicken of the Sea, and StarKist, have been caught up in some pretty big legal issues. We're talking about everything from price fixing to false advertising to a lack of transparency around toxins. One ongoing case even accuses a canned fish giant of turning a blind eye to some serious human rights abuses.
Food & drink
Public health
from48 hills
1 month ago

'Sex trafficking' stings-or ICE deportation at the Super Bowl? - 48 hills

Super Bowl anti-trafficking narratives funnel funds into policing that harms sex workers and immigrants while rarely targeting actual traffickers.
Law
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Human trafficking is real. Bay Area sex workers and cops say the Super Bowl surge is myth.

Human trafficking is an everyday problem that does not significantly spike during the Super Bowl despite heightened enforcement and public concern.
US news
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Protecting Human Trafficking Victims Through T Visas

The T visa grants temporary legal status and work authorization to trafficking survivors who assist law enforcement, providing safety and enabling prosecution of traffickers.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Democrats say Trump's immigration crackdown has undermined efforts to combat human trafficking

Reallocating law enforcement personnel to immigration enforcement undermines anti-trafficking efforts and weakens protections for exploited and vulnerable youth.
San Francisco
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Tuesday Morning Topline: Dog on Tracks Disrupts Muni Metro Service

Transit disruptions, a Vallejo human-trafficking rescue and arrest, a French raid on X over sexualized deepfakes, a judge freeing detained migrants, and local community struggles.
Law
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Bay Area police save woman being used for human trafficking

Vallejo police rescued a trafficked woman; arrested Julius Stinson III on multiple felony charges; the victim received medical care and support services.
fromwww.timesheraldonline.com
1 month ago

Bay Area police save woman being used for human trafficking

A woman at a hotel in the 400 block of Fairgrounds Drive on Friday expressed fear for her safety and reported being subjected to force, threats, and coercion related to sexual exploitation, say police. Police arrested Julius Stinson III, who was detained at a motel on the 1400 block of Enterprise Street on Friday. Stinson is a convicted felon with multiple previous convictions, including attempted murder and voluntary manslaughter.
California
#scam-compounds
fromAeon
1 month ago
Philosophy

Inside the criminal world of Southeast Asia's scam compounds | Aeon Essays

fromAeon
1 month ago
Philosophy

Inside the criminal world of Southeast Asia's scam compounds | Aeon Essays

fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

China carries out further executions of Myanmar scam centre suspects

The group had established industrial parks in Myanmar's Kokang region bordering China, from where they allegedly ran gambling and telecom scam operations involving abductions, extortion, forced prostitution, and drug manufacturing and trafficking. They defrauded victims of more than 29 billion yuan ($4.2bn) and caused the deaths of six Chinese citizens and injuries to others, the court said. The defendants appealed the verdict, but the Guangdong Provincial High People's Court dismissed their applications, it added.
World news
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Jeffrey Epstein Had a 'Personal Hacker,' Informant Claims

As the standoff between the United States government and Minnesota continues this week over immigration enforcement operations that have essentially occupied the Twin Cities and other parts of the state, a federal judge delayed a decision this week and ordered a new briefing on whether the Department of Homeland Security is using armed raids to pressure Minnesota into abandoning its sanctuary policies for immigrants.
US politics
Miscellaneous
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 month ago

New Evidence Of Labor Abuses At Flagship Chinese Factory In Serbia

Dozens of Bangladeshi workers at the Chinese-owned Linglong tire factory in Serbia faced alleged labor abuses and potential human trafficking, prompting a Serbian investigation.
fromEmptywheel
1 month ago

Flying Spaghetti Monster = Trump's Effort to Evade Epstein Files Scandal

For more than a week I have been watching Google Trends as Trump flings more and more spaghetti at the wall to find something that sticks. Something with enough adhesion and coverage to hide his failure to produce the Epstein files, a kind of flying spaghetti monster more real than the snarky faux deity - sticky strands like the flip-floppery on tariffs, the unwarranted and unlawful occupation of Washington DC by National Guard, the embarrassing meeting with Putin on US soil.
fromWIRED
1 month ago

He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive

He was writing from hell, 8,000 miles away. A summer shower had left a rainbow over my Brooklyn neighborhood, and my two children were playing in a kiddie pool on the roof of our apartment building. Now the sun was setting, while I-in typical 21st-century parenting fashion, forgive me-compulsively scrolled through every app on my phone. The message had no subject line and came from an address on the encrypted email service Proton Mail: "vaultwhistle@proton.me." I opened it.
Information security
World news
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound's Enslaved Workforce

Pig-butchering scam compounds in Southeast Asia enslave workers in debt bondage to run romance and crypto-investment cons, enforcing quotas through fines, violence, and manipulation.
#forced-conscription
fromFast Company
1 month ago

How Flights for Freedom is flying trafficked children to safety

"I have a girl that's 12 years old for your client,'" the pilot said. The client's response: "No, we think we need an 8-year-old." The group was horrified. "I have two daughters," Lux says. "We said, 'Wait a minute, really? Where are these people?' Until that time, I thought it only happened overseas. And they said, 'No, it happens in every community in the United States'."
Social justice
#julio-iglesias
France news
fromBavarian Football Works
1 month ago

Former Bayern Munich footballer Lucas Hernandez accused of human trafficking

Lucas Hernandez and his partner allegedly employed a Colombian family without legal status, subjected them to excessive hours and potential human trafficking and labor law violations.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I risked my life to cross the Channel because I believed in British justice. But Britain is abandoning me | Anonymous

Legal routes were closed, persecution and threats forced a risky Channel crossing, and current UK policy now threatens to return the person to danger.
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