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Europe’s human rights watchdog warns UK over illegal migration bill

Council of Europe’s experts say bill is ‘step backwards’ in fight against modern slavery

The Guardian - UK

US announces sanctions against Assad cousins over drug trade

US Treasury officials say that the Assad government has used drug trafficking as a source of illicit revenue.

Al Jazeera

Police allegedly find drugs, cash hidden in Amaroo kitchen

Nathan Davidson was arrested and charged on Tuesday.

The Canberra Times

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What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose risk, and why Narcan can still save a life

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about an increase in trafficking of fentanyl adulterated with xylazine, which can increase the risk of overdosing on an already deadly drug. Xylazine is increasingly appearing within the U.S. supply of illicit opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The…

The Conversation

NGOs, MPs and academics call for withdrawal of UK’s illegal migration bill

More than 60 signatories write to PM before Tuesday’s debate, warning bill will ‘cost lives’

The Guardian - UK

‘Stop demonising them’: the trafficking victims left behind by UK’s new illegal migration bill

Police found Julia being exploited in a brothel. She helped bring her abusers to justice but new legislation could silence victims and empower traffickers, experts warn

The Guardian - UK

Colombia risks losing US support in fight against drugs-attorney general

Colombia risks losing U.S. support in its fight against drug trafficking because of rising coca output and a bill that could allow criminal gangs to surrender and be possibly pardoned, the Andean country's attorney general told Reuters in an interview.

Reuters

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Collateral damage in the war on sex trafficking

Gwen Adora said it was 2018 when she started uploading videos of herself to Pornhub, one of the Internet’s biggest sites for adult content. She used the money to pay her bills while pursuing a bachelor’s in communications and multimedia studies. By posting videos users would pay to see, she…

Tribune News Service

DeSantis’ State Guard vision: planes, boats, police powers

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Gov. Ron DeSantis first proposed reviving the long-dormant Florida State Guard, he wanted 200 volunteers and a modest $5 million budget.

Tribune News Service

UAE pardons Israeli jailed on drugs charges, Israel says

The United Arab Emirates has pardoned and released an Israeli woman who was jailed for drug trafficking last year and had initially faced execution, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Saturday.

Reuters

Modern slavery victim ‘worked 105 hours a week for £3.80 per hour’ while waiting for government help

Modern slavery victims say the referral system is failing to protect them from being forced back into exploitation

The Independent UK

Sex trafficking plea deal unending 'nightmare' for Texas mom

Irma Reyes feels like she can’t wake up from nightmare

The Independent UK

Caribbean nations support Mexico as it targets US-based gun manufacturers with lawsuit

The Bahamas and several other Caribbean nations, including Jamaica, have banded together to support the government of Mexico in a lawsuit against gun manufacturers in the United States.

Miami Herald

Mo Farah's trafficking hell - torn from home and forced into slavery by imposter 'mum'

Sir Mo Farah bravely shared his traumatic past last year, telling how he was ripped from his own family and forced to work as servant for his trafficker's children

Daily Mirror

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The Week

Nigerian politician guilty of organ-harvesting plot in landmark UK case

A wealthy Nigerian senator, his wife and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking under the UK Modern Slavery Act, in a landmark case.

The Guardian - UK

‘There is a level of complacency’: trial exposes UK’s vulnerability to organ harvesting

Conviction of a Nigerian politician, his wife and a doctor for organ trafficking highlights need for robust vetting by hospitals

Reuters

Nigerian senator guilty of trafficking man to UK to provide a kidney

Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife have been found guilty of trafficking a man to Britain to provide his kidney to their ill daughter, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Sold into sex slavery at 15 and convicted of killing her rapist, Pieper Lewis faces further sentencing

The teenage victim of trafficking has violated her parole, leading to a further hearing this week. Meanwhile, the man she says trafficked her has still not been charged. Holly Baxter reports

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Reuters

Romania court extends detention of Andrew Tate pending trafficking probe

Social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will remain in police custody until late-April pending an investigation into alleged sex trafficking as a Romanian court extended their detention, their legal team said on Wednesday.

Reason

Sex-Trafficking Suits Against Banks That Serviced Epstein Can Proceed

Plus: American IQs may be shifting, Jack Daniel's lawsuit against dog toy maker hits SCOTUS, and more...

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Don’t blur the lines by calling Mexican drug cartels ‘terrorist organizations’

In a scene from a 2018 movie “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” a U.S. president decides to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups because it will provide new tools for U.S. national security to mitigate growing violence.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow drug boss teamed up with former Barras market trader on huge trafficking operation

Drug kingpin James Paterson, 34, and Ian Sweeney, 51, worked together on the massive operation. Sweeney was a former Barras Market street trader who later set up his own counter surveillance firm.

Axios

U.S. border officials seize 900 pounds of fentanyl in first week of new trafficking crackdown

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas hailed "Operation Blue Lotus" as a "monumental shift" during a visit to the border.

Reuters

Zuckerberg, Meta are sued for failing to address sex trafficking, child exploitation

A new lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc executives and directors of failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram.

WEKU

Can banks be sued for profiting from Epstein's sex-trafficking? A judge says yes

A trio of lawsuits allege that JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank actively enabled Jeffrey Epstein to run a sex-trafficking ring for underage girls. A judge partially denied a motion to dismiss.

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