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Portuguese police arrest 35 suspected human traffickers in massive operation

Thirty-five people suspected of involvement in human trafficking have been arrested in a massive operation that mobilised around 400 officers in Portugal's southern Alentejo region, Portuguese police said on Wednesday.

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Attorney for former Florida tax official Joel Greenberg urges light prison sentence, blasts DOJ for not charging others

ORLANDO, Fla. — In urging a judge for a light prison sentence for Joel Greenberg, his attorney Fritz Scheller blasted the U.S. Department of Justice for not criminally charging other individuals, despite the evidence and collaboration provided to prosecutors by the disgraced Seminole County tax collector.

Orlando Sentinel

Shamima Begum’s school and police ‘missed opportunities’, court told

Shamima Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join IS in February 2015.

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Police should have helped Shamima Begum return to UK, court told

Tribunal hears there were grounds to suspect the then 15-year-old had been groomed as a child bride

The Guardian - UK

FARC dissident fighting leaves 18 dead in southern Colombia

At least 18 people died in fighting between two FARC dissident factions for control of a drug trafficking area in Colombia's southern jungle, said Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez on Monday.

Reuters

UK government ‘did not assess’ if Shamima Begum was trafficked before exiling her, court hears

Lawyers representing the 23-year-old argue she was ‘groomed’ as a 15-year-old

The Independent UK

Gardai arrest man and woman after uncovering heroin, cocaine and cannabis worth €1million

The man, aged in his 20s, and the woman, aged in her 30s, are currently detained at Tallaght Garda Station in Dublin

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Shamima Begum may have been a victim of child trafficking, court told

Lawyers for 23-year-old who left UK to join Islamic State in 2015 challenge ‘hasty’ decision to revoke citizenship

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum was 'human trafficking victim', court told in citizenship hearing

SHAMIMA Begum was influenced by a “determined and effective Isis propaganda machine” and should have been treated as a child trafficking victim,…

The National (Scotland)

Shamima Begum should have been treated as child trafficking victim, court told

Ms Begum, who travelled to Syria aged 15, is challenging the Home Office’s decision to remove her British citizenship,

The Independent UK

British schoolgirl who joined IS likely trafficking victim, court told

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS) is challenging the UK government's decision to take away her citizenship, with her lawyers telling a London court that she was likely "a child victim of trafficking".

Reuters

DeSantis goes easy on sex trafficking

Zero fines were given for 14,000 violations of a sex trafficking law by Florida hotels and lodging establishments

Salon

Delta flight attendant arrested in Miami alongside boyfriend as he faces federal drug trafficking charges

Marcelo Chaves was found carrying Ketamine, Methamphetamine and GBL, a GHB substitute, inside his luggage

The Independent UK

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2023: What is the annual UN event?

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed annually on December 2

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Marjorie Taylor Greene dodges question about most fentanyl being smuggled by US citizens – not migrants

‘I’m sorry, is the CATO down there securing our border and stopping illegal aliens and human trafficking and drug trafficking’

The Independent UK

Man accused of vicious sex trafficking pleads not guilty

A defendant accused of vicious sex-trafficking in Seattle pleaded not guilty Thursday in a case that came to light after prosecutors say a 20-year-old woman was rescued by a ride-share driver who engaged in a gunfight with the man

The Independent UK

Italy cracks down on high-speed migrant traffickers

Italian police have issued 18 arrest warrants for Italians and Tunisians accused of operating a migrant-trafficking route on high-speed boats between Tunisia’s coast and Sicilian ports

Reason

To Fight Human Trafficking, Police in Texas Town Endorse Zoning Restrictions on Massage Parlors

City officials in Nederland, Texas, are kicking around the idea of limiting new massage parlors to industrial areas of town.

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The Independent UK

Former Kansas detective, 3 others accused of sex trafficking

A former Kansas police detective and three other men have been charged in a federal indictment with operating a sex trafficking operation involving teenage girls in the 1990s

The Guardian - UK

Barrow-in-Furness man weeps during trial of woman who made rape and trafficking claims

Eleanor Williams is accused of perverting the course of justice after allegations that include being sold in an Amsterdam brothel for €25,000

360info

Gloves off in Malaysia’s modern slavery struggle

Malaysia has touted its employment law reform as a crackdown on modern slavery, but it could all unravel without a few fixes.

360info

Police can’t end human trafficking alone but this might

To end modern slavery will mean more than relying on police and the courts. Early intervention could be the solution.

Daily Record

Cannabis pair cleared after claiming they were 'human trafficking' victims

Cops seized 748 plants from a former bank building in Bellshill.

France 24

Colombian President Gustavo Petro: ‘The war on drugs was a failure’

The war against drugs has killed more than a million people in Latin America without denting the power of drug trafficking mafias, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro tells FRANCE 24 and RFI in a wide-ranging interview that also touches on the war in Ukraine, the climate emergency and the tentative peace…

Daily Record

Human trafficking gang behind Scots prostitution racket jailed for 31 years

The gang of four lured victims from China and Thailand – then seized their passports and forced them to work in brothels.

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