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Hundreds of modern slavery cases on hold after Home Office admits ‘unlawful’ guidance

Suella Braverman’s lawyers conceded legal challenge from people refused protection under new ‘objective evidence’ test

The Independent UK

Planting new life: Dallas vegetable garden gives hope to trafficking victims

DALLAS — Any gardener knows that a successful garden requires patience, commitment and tender, delicate care. Some Dallas residents are learning when they do just that, they can reap a whole lot more than what they’ve sowed.

Tribune News Service

Suella Braverman U-turns on new rules targeting trafficking victims

Home secretary withdraws rules that made it harder for victims to have their cases accepted

The Guardian - UK

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Meta’s new parental tools will not protect vulnerable children, experts say

Tech firm gives parents greater control over their children’s online activities, but not all kids have consistent supervision

The Guardian - US

Human traffickers will ‘thrive’ while victims ‘invisible’ under Illegal Migration Bill, Rishi Sunak warned

The bill could ‘open up exploitation to a lot more severity then it is now’, a trafficking survivor warns

Evening Standard

Despite enforcement measures, illegal trafficking of protected species is rife in Kerala

The Hindu

Is it legal to sell human remains?

Four individuals were charged with federal crimes in June 2023 related to the “unlawful transport” across state lines of human remains taken from the Harvard Medical School morgue. This indictment was part of a larger effort by the Department of Justice to shut down a national network of people trafficking…

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Bumbag bikie associate jailed for drug trafficking, money laundering

The carpenter will spend several more months behind bars.

The Canberra Times

Satellites spy on human trafficking 'compounds' (photo)

A human rights organization, partnering with Maxar, recently publicized its efforts to combat human trafficking in southeast Asia. Satellites are a crucial tool in that fight.

Space

Organ transplant body writes to States, calls for strict action to prevent trafficking

For the first time the country has achieved more than 15,000 transplants in a year (2022)

The Hindu

Jeffrey Epstein’s island: What really happened there?

Accusers say billionaire’s private paradise of Little St James in US Virgin Islands was centre of international sex trafficking ring

The Independent UK

Trafficking victims need better protection, US says

The United States has urged Thailand to improve its systems for protecting victims of human trafficking, especially those pressed into forced labour by growing numbers of cyber-scam gangs.

Bangkok Post

Human trafficking victim has conviction overturned

"Our review has found that this young man has been let down by a wide range of agencies involved in his prosecution"

Manchester Evening News

Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

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‘Negligence, misconduct’ led to Epstein jail suicide: Watchdog

DOJ inspector general releases report on death of well-connected financier as he awaited sex trafficking charges.

The Hindu

Rally against drug abuse and illegal trafficking held in Arcot near Ranipet

The National (Scotland)

Anger as Tory bill will 'stop support for trafficking victims in Scotland'

Two clauses in the bill will make changes to the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act and "restrict" the power of Scottish…

The Conversation

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.

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The Independent UK

Jeffrey Epstein suicide blamed on jail guard negligence and misconduct: Justice Department watchdog

The Justice Department’s watchdog says “a combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges

WEKU

Negligence, staff failures led to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, a DOJ report says

The disgraced financier who was jailed for sex trafficking charges, killed himself at New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019. He died before standing trial.

The Week

How the global drugs trade is changing

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

Bangkok Post

More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown

MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.

The Conversation

Australia's hidden housing crisis: survivors of modern slavery have few safe places to turn

Australia is not immune to the rapidly growing global problem of modern slavery. In fact, new research has found the number of people living in modern slavery has more than doubled in the past four years, rising to an estimated 41,000.

Chicago Sun-Times

New program aims to provide $1000 to survivors of gender-based violence

One-time cash assistance will be available to Chicago residents who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking.

The Independent UK

Judge approves $290m settlement in suit accusing JPMorgan of ignoring Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking

Bank denies enabling any crimes

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