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‘Pig butchering’ scams have stolen billions from people around the world. Here’s what you need to know

At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into travelling to Thailand for an audition, where he was abducted by criminals and taken to a scam centre in Myanmar.

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'Las Vegas In Laos': The Riverside City Awash With Crime

Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime.

International Business Times

Trump Tells Supporters Don't Waste 'Time and Energy' on Epstein List As MAGA Outrage Billows

This week, the Justice Department and the FBI released a joint memo in which they concluded that Epstein had killed himself while in custody on sex trafficking charges in 2019 and that the disgraced financier did not have a "client list."

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Mom hits rock bottom, attempts to sell her baby on Snapchat before someone thankfully interrupts her scheme

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Trump Targets Mexico, EU With 30% Tariffs

The United States has announced sweeping new tariffs on imports from both Mexico and the European Union, citing unresolved trade imbalances and ongoing issues with narcotics trafficking.

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El Chapo's Son Ovidio Guzmán Pleads Guilty in Chicago, Becomes U.S. Government Witness

The Mexican drug dealer has officially pled guilty in a U.S. federal court in Chicago to drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms offenses, and related charges stemming from his role in the Sinaloa Cartel's fentanyl and drug network. Ovidio Guzmán and his brother Joaquín are two of the alleged leaders of…

Latin Times

Trump Hits Canada With 35% Tariff, Then Dangles a Deal If They Help Him With 'One Thing'

Trump threatens 35% tariffs on Canada, promising relief only if Canada cooperates on stopping fentanyl trafficking. Trade wars escalate.

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ICE is Abandoning 'Drug' and 'Human Trafficking Cases' to Prioritize Deportations, Longtime ICE Agent Says

An ICE investigations team is reportedly redirecting their focus from drug and human trafficking cases to deportations to help meet Trump administration quotas.

International Business Times

First Thing: US state department to lay off nearly 15% of its domestic staff

Move comes after supreme court sides with Trump. Plus, Florida records more than 700,000 human trafficking victims in 2024

The Guardian - UK

‘Crimes against nature and people’: How a global crackdown in the Amazon unfolded

Amazon Basin countries and the UAE joined forces to target illegal mining, wildlife trafficking, logging and fuel smuggling.

Euronews

Florida records more than 700,000 people as victims of human trafficking in 2024

Report from University of South Florida says total includes 100,000 children targeted for sex trafficking in state

The Guardian - US

Son of ‘El Chapo’ expected to plead guilty in drug trafficking case in rescheduled hearing

A son of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to plead guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case

The Independent UK

Kanye West’s Ex-Assistant Adds Sex Trafficking & Oral Rape Claims In Lawsuit Update

Kanye West’s former assistant, Lauren Pisciotta, has amended her lawsuit to include allegations of sex trafficking and oral rape.

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Devil worship, muti and murder: what’s behind the growth of occult gangs in South Africa?

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The Independent UK

Son of 'El Chapo' expected to plead guilty to drug trafficking charges in Chicago

A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo,” is expected to plead guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges

Evening Standard

Slavery victims cannot be ‘abandoned’ over loophole concerns, says Theresa May

The peer spoke out after her own frontbench argued her bid to protect those who fall prey to trafficking could be exploited.

Euronews

Jeffrey Epstein 'client list' does not exist, US Justice Department says in apparent U-turn

No more files related to sex trafficking probe into Epstein would be released, the government said, after attorney general promoted the "client list" theory.

The Independent UK

Latest ‘Tiger King’ twist as star ‘Doc’ Antle sentenced to prison time over animal trafficking

Antle's sentence is the final true-life chapter of the Tiger King saga

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The Independent UK

Epstein 'client list' doesn't exist, Justice Department says, walking back theory Bondi had promoted

The Justice Department will not release more files related to the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation despite promises from Attorney General Pam Bondi that had raised the expectations of conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists

The Independent UK

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs got a standing ovation from inmates after acquittal on some charges, lawyer claims

Diddy’s legal team have been praised from legal experts after the verdict

International Business Times UK

Illegal Cigarette Trade Is Turning UK High Streets Into Crime Hubs, Experts Warn

The UK's illegal cigarette trade is getting worse. Now, it is even linked to other more serious crimes, such as human trafficking and illegal immigration.

Al Jazeera

‘Village of one kidney’: India-Bangladesh organ traffickers rob poor donors

Using loopholes and fraud, brokers turn poverty in Bangladesh and demand for transplants in India into booming business.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs juror hits back at 'insulting' public reaction to verdict

A juror in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial has dismissed claims that the rapper was treated differently in his case because of his celebrity status after the star was acquitted on the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

Latin Times

Mexican President Criticizes U.S. Prosecutors Over Lack of Coordination in Plea Deal for 'El Chapo's' Son

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized U.S. prosecutors for excluding Mexico from the negotiating process with Ovidio Guzman Lopez, expected to plead guilty to drug-trafficking charges in the U.S.

The Guardian - US

Former world champion Julio César Chávez Jr arrested by Ice over alleged cartel ties

The former world champion’s son is being processed for removal from the US after Ice agents arrested him in California

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