The Latest Breaking News from Trafficking

London councils urge Home Office to rethink hotels policy for asylum seekers

Joint action comes after 100 asylum seekers removed from Greenwich hotel against their will last month

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

Kolkata police arrests two persons for being involved in human trafficking

Kolkata police have arrested two persons for allegedly being involved in human trafficking. The accused befriended a lady over phone and sold off her with her child. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 12, 2023

Mexico's leader denies his country's role in fentanyl crisis. Republicans are furious

Republican lawmakers want Mexico to accept U.S. military aid to cripple drug cartels making and smuggling deadly fentanyl. López Obrador mocked the idea as a threat to his country's sovereignty.

WEKU · Mar 10, 2023

More than 200 arrests made in week-long crackdown on county lines drug gangs

Officers charged 105 people with a total of 223 charges relating to drug trafficking and Class A and B drugs.

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

UK anti-slavery post left unfilled by Home Office since April 2022

Role of anti-slavery commissioner vacant at time when cases of suspected trafficking at all-time high

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023

KC-area firearm store settles lawsuit over gun trafficking. Will it make a difference?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City has reached a settlement with a local gun store that will require the shop to pay $150,000, implement training to prevent straw purchasing and participate in a monitoring program.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

Studies Link Marijuana Legalization to All Sorts of Positive Public Health Outcomes

Plus: San Francisco claims to have "significantly disrupted" sex trafficking, a nationwide injunction on abortion pills, and more...

Reason · Mar 7, 2023

Nigerian politician accused of organ trafficking to UK paid doctor to find donor, court hears

Ike Ekweremadu, 60, tells Old Bailey he paid Dr Obinna Obeta £1,800 to find kidney donor for his daughter

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2023

The huge problem Andrew Tate is causing teachers in Wales

Tate is currently under investigation for suspected rape and human trafficking in Romania - matters he denies

Wales Online · Mar 5, 2023

UN Experts Urge Intensifying Efforts to Combat Smuggling of Iranian Arms to Houthis in Yemen

The members of the Panel of Experts on Yemen stressed the need to intensify efforts to combat the smuggling of weapons from Iran to the Houthi militias.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 5, 2023