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US requests extradition of El Chapo’s son, Ovidio Guzmán

The United States has requested that Mexico extradite Ovidio Guzmán, son of notorious crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, so that he can face criminal charges in the U.S. for trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.

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Ghislaine Maxwell appeals verdict and 20-year sex-trafficking sentence

Ghislaine Maxwell argued this week that the judge presiding over her 2021 trial prevented her from mounting a “meaningful defense” and that anonymity granted to several of the victims who testified against her turned the trial into “a form of Kabuki theater.”

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Biden says Labor nominee Julie Su represents American dream

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his labor secretary nominee Julie Su is a “real leader” who has supported unions, enforced worker safety and protected the victims of human trafficking

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Ghislaine Maxwell appeals conviction, argues she was unfair proxy for Jeffrey Epstein ‘to satisfy public outrage’ over financier’s jail suicide

NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell appealed her sex trafficking conviction on Tuesday, claiming the feds unfairly used her as a proxy for Jeffrey Epstein after he killed himself in their custody.

Tribune News Service

Andrew Tate ‘playing character’ and statements ‘taken out of context’, claims his lawyer

Lawyer for misogynistic influencer held on human trafficking charges in Romania claims he is playing ‘Andrew Tate character’

Evening Standard

JPMorgan doesn’t want CEO Jamie Dimon questioned under oath in Jeffrey Epstein case

The bank said its CEO was “not relevant” in the lawsuit being brought by the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Fortune

Ghislaine Maxwell lodges appeal against sex trafficking conviction

Maxwell has called for her conviction and the underlying indictment to be thrown out, or failing that, a new trial or a re-sentencing.

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Rapper Kodak Black ordered into drug rehab by judge

A Florida judge has ordered rapper Kodak Black to drug rehab for 30 days after he allegedly tested positive for fentanyl while awaiting trial on a drug trafficking charge

The Independent UK

Ghislaine Maxwell to appeal sex trafficking conviction

Ghislaine Maxwell is expected to ask an appeals court to throw out her conviction for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

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Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to appeal conviction claiming victims' memories were 'faded'

Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys are to claim that the disgraced British socialite was convicted based on "faded, distorted, and motivated memories" about paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme

Daily Mirror

Ghislaine Maxwell to appeal sex trafficking convictions

The disgraced socialite will claim victims had “faded, distorted and motivated memories”

The Independent UK

Ghislaine Maxwell to lodge appeal against sex trafficking conviction

The disgraced British socialite’s lawyers have said they will appeal based on ‘errors’ by the trial court and the US government.

The Independent UK

Mafia boss caught on camera escaping jail using bedsheets

Marco Raduano was serving an 18-year sentence for drug trafficking

The Independent UK

Woman lands 16-year prison sentence for trafficking lion parts

A Mozambique court has sentenced a Vietnamese woman to 16 years in prison for possession and trafficking of lion and rhinoceros parts.

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Former cop Thomas Booker apologises over sophisticated online drug trafficking syndicate

A former police officer who ran a "one-stop shop" online drug trafficking syndicate became addicted to cocaine and "probably" would have died had he not been arrested, court has heard.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kodak Black: Arrest warrant issued for rapper in Florida

He’s accused of failing a drug test while on bail for a trafficking charge

Bangkok Post

Post-Covid spike brings trafficking to fore

The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) has set its sights on Tier 1 recognition in the US Trafficking in Persons Report, or TIP Report, ahead of the next review round.

The Guardian - AU

Thailand’s missing monkeys: why did hundreds of rhesus macaques vanish from a temple?

Police in Loei trying to determine if the animals migrated or were taken as part of a trafficking operation

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R. Kelly sentenced to one more year in prison for child pornography

The disgraced former R&B star is already serving 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering. On Thursday, he was given one more year in prison for having made pornography with three children.

Reuters

Vietnamese trafficker gets sentence lowered over UK refugee deaths

Belgian court of appeal on Thursday lowered the prison sentence for Vietnamese trafficking gang leader Vo Van Hong over the manslaughter of 39 compatriots who suffocated in an airtight shipping container smuggled into Britain in 2019.

The Guardian - UK

Don’t judge Shamima Begum today: judge the cruel ministers who still won’t take responsibility for her

The government peddles a caricature so we don’t see her for what she is: a child trafficking victim groomed in the UK, says Maya Foa, director of the legal charity Reprieve

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco, Netherlands Discuss Migration, People Smuggling

Morocco’s Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit met in Rabat with State Secretary for Justice and Security of the Netherlands Eric Van der Burg, during which they discussed migration issues and means of cooperation in this regard. The two officials discussed different mechanisms to improve cooperation, including the exchange of expertise, information,…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Labor trafficking happens here, too

Many organizations have tried to capitalize on promoting “awareness” of human trafficking. But awareness-raising without a call to action is ineffective and often misleading. Awareness campaigns, especially those tied to fundraising, typically focus on girls in the sex trades, but recently reported instances involving youth and undocumented people have been…

The National (Scotland)

Teen girl 'found wandering streets' in Scottish town amid human trafficking fears

Police say their enquiries are at an early stage after reports a teenage girl was taken to a local station with fears she was a victim of human…

France 24

Former Mexican minister convicted in US of drug trafficking

A former Mexican presidential cabinet member was convicted in the US on Tuesday of taking massive bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating.

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