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The Latest Breaking News from Trafficking

This region has been in the news in recent weeks in regard to online scams and human trafficking, compounded by other forms of exploitation such as forced labour and forced criminality.

Bangkok Post

Should Shamima Begum be allowed to return to the UK to argue her case?

A new book says Met police knew she was helped to join IS by a Canadian spy, reinforcing concerns she was victim of trafficking

The Guardian - UK

Abused maid files further complaints

A former maid who was allegedly abused by a police corporal filed additional complaints on Tuesday against a brother of a local politician for human trafficking and forced labour.

Bangkok Post

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Reality of overseas organ transplants / Trafficking worries mean recipients rejected by medical institutions

Some recipients of organ transplants abroad were refused medical examinations or regular visits to hospitals in Japan, contrary to explanations they had received from a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization that facilitated the surgeries, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Iran Sentences 2 Swedes to Prison Terms over Drugs

Iran sentenced two Swedish citizens to multiyear prison terms on charges of drug smuggling, the judiciary announced on Tuesday, the latest in a string of cases heightening tensions between the Iranian Republic and the Nordic nation. Iran's hardline judiciary handed down a five-year sentence and fine of roughly $34,000 to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Home Office accused of deliberately leaving anti-slavery post unfilled

Exclusive: This week marks four months with no independent commissioner, creating a ‘vacuum’ of oversight, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Foreign women bear the brunt of Malaysia’s harsh drug laws

Malaysia’s strict drug trafficking laws see foreign women disproportionately put on death row.

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Man arrested in prostitution sting after he leaves sleeping wife to meet sex worker during honeymoon

The newlywed is just one of at least 360 suspects arrested by the human trafficking squad since June 2021 in a crackdown on trafficking and prostitution including of minors

The Independent UK

Nigeria's efforts to help victims of trafficking are failing. We found out why

Most countries have anti-trafficking laws, policies and programmes to prevent human trafficking. There are also international treaties to address the problem. Yet it’s still thriving.

The Conversation

Hong Konger 'kidnapped' in Thailand by SE Asia scam ring pleads for help

Anti-trafficking campaigners in Hong Kong played a harrowing recording on Wednesday of a resident testifying that he has been kidnapped and forced to work for online scam syndicates in Myanmar.

Bangkok Post

Armed drug suspects flee arrest, wound policeman

KHON KAEN: Police were hunting six drug trafficking suspects who shot and wounded a policeman while fleeing arrest in Khon Kaen on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Trump acolyte Matt Gaetz wins Florida primary despite criticism and sex trafficking investigation

The three-term Florida Republican is one of Mr Trump’s biggest defenders and fended off a challenge from his right

The Independent UK

Kailash Satyarthi asks NGO staff to make A.P. child labour-free

Nobel laureate tells them to focus on slums and improve girl child literacy

The Hindu

Metropolitan Police to take no further action in Jeffrey Epstein investigation

Any further investigations into the sex offender will be focused on activities and relationships outside the UK.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Church of England appoints first racial justice director following slavery apologies

This follows apologies from church leaders for its role in the trafficking and enslavement of African people

ABC News

Queensland police operation shuts down drug and gun trafficking linked to organised crime, nine men facing 75 charges

Nine men aged between 21 and 32 are facing 75 serious drug and firearms trafficking charges after a four-month police operation targeting a south-east Queensland scheme allegedly linked to organised crime groups.

ABC News

SA Police officer with 'exemplary career' faces 10 years behind bars for dealing methamphetamine

A South Australian police officer of more than two decades is now facing up to 10 years behind bars for trafficking methamphetamine in the Riverland.

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds of Taiwanese trafficked to Cambodia and held captive by telecom scam gangs

Police forces in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam have launched major operations to rescue their citizens and shut down trafficking syndicates

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Rapper Fetty Wap pleads guilty in drug-trafficking case, faces minimum 5 years in federal prison

NEW YORK — Rapper Fetty Wap has admitted to his role in a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring, pleading guilty in Long Island Federal Court Monday in exchange for a minimum five years in federal prison.

Tribune News Service

NYC human trafficking victims forced into prostitution, fraud desperately seek a way out of the shadows

NEW YORK — Amber came to New York in 2012 to escape an abusive relationship and find work to support her young daughter. Not long after arriving, she was turning tricks for a trafficker who wouldn’t let her come home from work each day until she’d made him $1,000 —…

The Conversation

Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data

Some 40 million people are enslaved around the world today, though estimates vary. Modern slavery takes many different forms, including child soldiers, sex trafficking and forced labor, and no country is immune. From cases of family controlled sex trafficking in the United States to the enslavement of fishermen in Southeast…

AAP

SA police make significant Ironside arrest

South Australian police have charged a man with multiple counts of drug trafficking in a significant arrest related to Operation Ironside.

Tribune News Service

Large-scale gun, drug busts mark latest chapter in federal violent crime crackdown in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Separate federal raids in the Twin Cities and Rochester this week yielded the seizure of dozens of firearms — including devices to turn them into machine guns — and the takedown of a large-scale meth trafficking group, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said Friday.

The Hindu

HC directs UIDAI to disclose Aadhaar details of 12 Bangladeshi nationals to NIA

The investigation agency is probing fabrication of documents to secure Aadhaar for illegal immigrants from that country

Miami Herald

How US gun laws and South Florida ports help fuel Haiti’s escalating gang violence

MIAMI — When the cargo ship “Miss Lilie” left Miami one recent afternoon and pulled into port along Haiti’s northwest coast, it had all the markings of a legitimate government operation.

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