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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.

ABC News

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

Reuters

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.

The News Lens

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.

Radio France Internationale

Police chief among 160 people arrested in Florida sex sting

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

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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

The Hindu

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Reuters

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

The Guardian - UK

Nigeria's Rivers state police free 15 children abducted for trafficking

Police in Nigeria's Rivers state rescued 15 children who were abducted in order to be trafficked, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

Journalist killed on Paraguay's violent border with Brazil

A journalist was murdered on Paraguay's violent border with Brazil on Tuesday, the latest episode of violence in a region increasingly besieged by drug trafficking and gang disputes.

Reuters

Report: 76ers Signing Montrezl Harrell to Two-Year Deal

His felony marijuana trafficking charge in Kentucky has been reduced to a misdemeanor possession charge.

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Bangkok Post

Iran sentences 2 women said to be LGBT activists to death

DUBAI: Two women have been sentenced to death in Iran on charges of "corruption on earth" and human trafficking over the last few days, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

The Hindu

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina arrives in India on four-day visit

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum: Canada would back Islamic State ‘trafficking’ inquiry

Pressure mounts for independent investigation into alleged smuggling of British schoolgirl into Syria by Canadian agent in 2015

Daily Mirror

Refugees terrified as Patel's Rwanda flights may start by Christmas, campaigners warn

There are fears for the mental health of asylum seekers who could be sent away. Many refugees have fled conflict in their countries and may be victims of trafficking or torture

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The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum’s is a story of trafficking, betrayal and now, it seems, a state cover-up

Allegations that her smuggler was a spy cast an entirely new light on the Home Office’s decision to strip Begum of her citizenship, says author Azadeh Moaveni

Bangkok Post

Taiwan indicts nine in Cambodian boiler room case

Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted nine suspects on human trafficking charges for allegedly luring 88 people to Cambodia to toil in online scam syndicates that have become a regional scourge.

Reuters

Colombia to give properties confiscated from drug groups to farmers, women

Colombia will give properties confiscated from drug trafficking groups and valued at some $4.9 billion to farmers, women's organizations, youth collectives and universities, leftist President Gustavo Petro said on Thursday.

The Hindu

Seven States cold to Centre’s crime portal

Cri-MAC was launched to disseminate info on significant crimes, including human trafficking, across the country

The Independent UK

Rwanda flight migrants ‘include victims of torture and human trafficking’

Out of the 17 people that doctors conducted clinical assessments for, 14 showed evidence of having been tortured and six were survivors of trafficking

AAP

Alleged woman drug dealer extradited to WA

A woman accused of trafficking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of illegal drugs from NSW and Victoria is scheduled to face court in Western Australia.

Bangkok Post

Beating scams, trafficking no easy task

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.

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