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'No precedent': Ahead of Joel Greenberg’s sentencing, judge seeks punishment to fit crimes

ORLANDO, Fla. — A day before Joel Greenberg is slated to face sentencing, a federal judge was struggling to determine an appropriate penalty for the disgraced former elected official due to the breadth of his offenses — ranging from sex trafficking to stalking and bribery.

Orlando Sentinel

Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal in 'jeopardy' as estranged husband 'refuses to pay legal bill'

Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, is serving her 20-year prison sentence at Florida’s low-security FCI Tallahassee prison after being convicted for helping Jeffrey Epstein in his sex trafficking scheme

Daily Mirror

Panama confronts illegal trafficking of animals

In a tropical forest beside the Panama Canal, two endangered, black-handed spider monkeys swing about their wire enclosure balanced by their long tails

The Independent UK

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Drug Dealers Are Now Being Charged With Human Trafficking

Plus: Chinese authorities contact protesters, smoking rates fall dramatically, and more…

Reason

Colombia to launch military operation against armed groups on border

Colombia will launch a military offensive against illegal armed groups operating in border areas, and it is seeking collaboration from neighbors, Interior Minister Alfonso Prada said on Monday.

Reuters

Queen’s one-word response to Prince Andrew’s Jeffrey Epstein scandal revealed

Andrew was stripped of his royal title after he was accused of sexual assault by one of Epstein’s trafficking victims

The Independent UK

Human trafficking in Glasgow as criminal gangs profit from slavery and sexual exploitation

Police figures show a rise in the number of reported cases in Scotland, with the Greater Glasgow area having the most instances recorded over the last three years.

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Vic man to face 'exit trafficking' trial

Victoria's first exit trafficking case will go to trial after a man pleaded not guilty to allegedly abandoning his wife in Sudan and taking their two kids home.

AAP

Jeffrey Epstein victims sue JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank under NY Adult Survivor Act

Jeffrey Epstein victims sued JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank on Thursday under a new New York law that lifts the statute of limitations for sex abuse and assault lawsuits.

Tribune News Service

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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.

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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

Irish Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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 National (Scotland)

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,…

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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,

Reuters

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".

Salon

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

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