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More Than 150 Individuals and Companies Have Been Sanctioned by U.S. for Money Laundering This Year

According to a database created by Milenio, the list of more than 150 names includes money launderers working not only for Mexican groups, but also individuals from Colombia, Albania, India and Canada.

International Business Times

Macron in United Arab Emirates for bilateral talks, Christmas with French troops

France will ⁠build a new aircraft carrier to boost its ‍capacities as a maritime power, President Emmanuel Macron has told French troops gathered at a military ‍base in Abu Dhabi, where he will also discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state, notably co-operation on combatting drug trafficking. The UAE is…

Radio France Internationale

UK asylum seekers not widely abusing modern slavery rules, report finds

Exclusive: Thinktank’s findings undermine successive home secretaries’ statements about misuse of system in England and Wales

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More Than 150 Individuals and Companies Have Been Sanctioned by U.S. for Money Laundering This Year

Latin Times

Feds Target Tren de Aragua Leader Known As 'The Unspeakable'

Federal prosecutors have indicted a leader of notorious street gang Tren de Aragua

Latin Times

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's Family Hit With US Sanctions Amid Corruption Crackdown

The US sanctions Nicolas Maduro's family members, escalating pressure on Venezuela's regime amid corruption and drug trafficking allegations.

International Business Times

Trump administration conducts third drug-boat strike this week as death toll hits 104

So much for being the "peace president."

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Trump's Designation of Fentanyl As a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' Is a Drug-Fueled Delusion

The executive order does not accomplish much in practical terms, but it jibes with the president's conflation of drug trafficking with violent aggression.

Reason

Tate Brothers, Accused Rapists, Escaped Romania With The Help Of Their 'Powerful American Friends'

American political figures linked to Barron Trump allegedly intervened as Andrew and Tristan Tate left Romania after two years under travel restrictions.

International Business Times UK

Justice Department faces deadline to release files on Epstein sex trafficking investigation

The Justice Department faces a Friday deadline to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender known for his connections to powerful figures, including Donald Trump

The Independent UK

New Epstein Files Reveal Photos Of Women Marked With Disturbing Messages

“They aren't women. They are children. Disgusting!”

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A look at the US military's unusually large force near Venezuela

The U.S. military has amassed an unusually large force in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off the coast of Venezuela since this summer, when the Trump administration first began to shift assets to the region as part of its anti-drug trafficking operations

The Independent UK

Rescue Is Not Enough: Why Ending Human Trafficking Requires Sustainable Aftercare

Globally, more than 50 million people are trapped in trafficking and modern slavery, generating an estimated $236 billion in profits annually, most of it coming from sex trafficking

International Business Times

What to know about Epstein files release as the deadline approaches

Federal judge has warned grand jury materials will not contain new information about the investigation into Epstein or Maxwell

The Independent UK

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Latin Times

U.S. Says Top Cartel Leader Still Running Operations From High-Security Mexican Prison

Before his 2020 arrest, El Marro, leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, was one of Mexico's most wanted criminals for large-scale fuel theft, or huachicoleo, and for trafficking fuel, oil, and heroin into the United States.

The Independent UK

Imprisoned Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell seeks release, citing 'new evidence'

Imprisoned former Jeffrey Epstein girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell is asking a federal judge to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and 20-year prison sentence, saying “substantial new evidence” has emerged to prove constitutional violations spoiled her trial

International Business Times UK

The Secret Life of Aliia Roza, Former Russian Operative Turning Trafficking Foes into Fashion Icons

From elite Russian intelligence operations to global fashion stages, Aliia Roza reveals how a former secret agent reinvented herself while exposing the dark mechanics of manipulation and trafficking.

The Conversation

The #iwasfifteen hashtag and ongoing Epstein coverage show how traffickers exploit the vulnerabilities of teens and tweens

The release of information about the powerful cadre of men associated with convicted sex offender and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein – known as the Epstein files – has been a long time coming.

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France triples drug user fines during Marseille trafficking crackdown

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to wage "war" against drug trafficking during a visit to Marseille, tripling fines for drug users to €500 and promising to pursue criminal network leaders blamed for deadly violence in France's second-largest city.

International Business Times UK

Is This a Modern Opium War? Why Trump Is Militarising Fentanyl With a WMD Label

US President Donald Trump declares fentanyl and its precursor chemicals as Weapons of Mass Destruction, mobilising federal agencies to combat trafficking — an approach some compare to a modern Opium War.

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Fight against drug crime top of the agenda as Macron visits Marseille

President Emmanuel Macron is to visit Marseille on Tuesday. In the wake of the murder of 20-year-old Mehdi Kessaci, brother of anti-drug activist Amine Kessaci, last month, Macron plans to make the fight against drug trafficking the focus.

Latin Times

Death Toll Nears 100 After Three Newest U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats in Caribbean and Pacific

The U.S. military carried out strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing eight people and bringing the total death toll in the campaign to at least 95.

Euronews

Trump designates fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction

President Trump designated fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction as eight people were killed in the new US strike on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the total death toll to at least 95 since September.

The Guardian - UK

US military says eight killed in strikes on three boats in eastern Pacific

US Southern Command says boats were ‘engaged in narco-trafficking’

Latin Times

Maduro Says Opposition Wants to Bring Leader Machado Back 'On a Warship' to Impose Her in Venezuela

The Venezuelan leader also accused Machado and other opposition figures of being part of a criminal network and alleged they profited from human trafficking

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