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Gaetz sought trafficking pardon: report

"Matt Gaetz is the only sitting Congressman to ever ask for a pardon for sex trafficking," said watchdog group CREW

Salon

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz wanted preemptive pardon in sex trafficking probe, report says

Aware that he was the target of a federal sex trafficking investigation, Rep. Matt Gaetz told a White House aide he’d asked former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows about a preemptive pardon, according to The Washington Post.

Tribune News Service

Joymala’s case flags gaps in private ownership norms for elephants

Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Tripura and Madhya Pradesh account for 96% of elephants in captivity without ownership certificates

The Hindu

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Republicans for "trafficking" migrants

"Lying to & trafficking people for TV and clicks isn’t politics as usual. It’s abuse."

Axios

Stephen Colbert: DeSantis ‘was human trafficking these families as a political stunt’

Late-night hosts discuss the Florida governor’s sending two planes full of asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

The Guardian - US

Ex-Leeds star Raphinha recalls tough upbringing as he "lost friends to drug trafficking"

Raphinha has recalled his early football memories and how he started playing in his native Brazil with the winger now a fully-fledged international and at Barcelona

Daily Mirror

There's No Way FOSTA Isn't a First Amendment Violation, Says Lawsuit

The case is now on appeal after a lower court said the ban on websites promoting prostitution didn't concern protected speech.

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U.S. judge sentences Mexican cartel boss to life in prison

Mexican crime lord Jorge Costilla Sanchez was sentenced to life in prison in a U.S. federal court on Thursday for his involvement in trafficking marijuana and cocaine to the United States, the Justice Department said.

Reuters

Four behind bars for sex trafficking as women forced to work in brothels across Glasgow

Jagpal Singh, 52, his partner Donglin Zhang, 48, Vlassis Ntaoulias, 33, and Boonsong Wannas, 62 lured victims from China and Thailand with the promise of legitimate employment.

Glasgow Live

Q&A: Next steps for Iowa teen sentenced for killing rapist

Donations are pouring in to help a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by a court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her

The Independent UK

Iowa court orders girl who killed accused rapist to pay his family $150,000

Human trafficking victim placed on probation with risk of 20 years’ prison for manslaughter

Evening Standard

Germany bans 1,700-strong ‘rocker’ gang for violent crime links

Police raid 50 addresses and ban symbols of United Tribuns, cross-national gang linked to human trafficking and attempted murder

The Guardian - UK

Outrage as teen who killed her sex trafficking rapist forced to pay his family $150,000

Pieper Lewis, 17, stabbed a man 30 times in 2020 who had allegedly raped her but the court said it had 'no option' but to order the huge payment under Iowa state law

Daily Mirror

An Iowa teenager who killed her accused rapist is sentenced and ordered to pay $150K

Teenage human trafficking victim Pieper Lewis was sentenced to five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 to the man's family. She had pled guilty earlier to charges in his death.

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Men arrested over alleged involvement in cocaine syndicate operating just outside Canberra face court

Three men who police allege were involved in a drug trafficking syndicate operating in the Monaro region face court.

The Independent UK

Iowa teen who killed rapist sentenced, ordered to pay $150K

A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death has been sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man's family

WEKU

No region is 'immune' as the number of people in 'modern slavery' climbs to 50 million

According to a new report, the number of people subject to forced labor or marriage or trafficking has increased substantially since 2016, with the majority of forced labor cases in rich countries.

Reuters

Ecuador plans referendum to cut to assembly seats, fight drug trafficking

President Guillermo Lasso said on Monday he will ask Ecuadoreans to approve a reduction in the number of lawmakers, allow the military to support police work to fight drug trafficking and back efforts to protect water sources in a referendum vote.

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Global Pressure Mounts on Cambodia Over Foreign-run Trafficking, Scamming Rings

Cambodian authorities have rescued at least 900 foreign citizens from trafficking rings this year, the interior minister said.

Radio France Internationale

Police seek to build trust with child victims in India's Rajasthan

In many parts of the western Indian state of Rajasthan, child labour is prevalent, with those forced to do menial jobs often victims of trafficking. Handling rescued children is a sensitive process that requires special skills – something the police are looking to improve on.

The Independent UK

Police chief among 160 people arrested in Florida sex sting

Polk County sheriff’s office say they dismantled a major human trafficking organisation

The Hindu

States not booking human trafficking under relevant laws: MHA

Tamil Nadu among others not utilising Cri-MAC to share grave crimes on real time basis

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Returns Antiquities to Egypt

Authorities in New York announced Wednesday the return of 16 antiquities to Egypt, including five works that were seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a probe into international art trafficking. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the 16 works were worth more than $16 million.

Reuters

Colombia approves extradition of government-allied senator's brother to U.S

Colombia's government on Wednesday approved the extradition of Alvaro Fredy Cordoba, the brother of a senator in the left-wing Pacto Historico party of President Gustavo Petro, to the United States to face drug-trafficking charges.

The Guardian - UK

Oman ‘failing to stop trafficking and abuse of migrant domestic workers’

Report finds widespread instances of forced labour, with women denied access to passports and subjected to physical or sexual abuse

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