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Understanding rat-hole mining | Explained

Rat-hole mining, once used in Meghalaya, was used to rescue 41 workers from the Silkyara tunnel. Despite a 2014 ban, illegal mining and trafficking of coal continues, leading to land degradation, deforestation, and water pollution. Human rights activists flagged the hazards of rat-hole mining two decades ago, with reports estimating…

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The Backpage Defendants Never Stood a Chance

Moral panic plus government power is an inescapably potent combination.

Reason

Govt. should take issues of dissatisfaction among ruling party MLAs seriously, says HDK

Kumaraswamy urges Cong. govt. to take issues of dissatisfaction among MLAs seriously; cites examples of hurt expressed by ruling party MLAs. He also cautions parents against pre-natal sex determination & female foeticide, urges govt. to take stern action & prevent recurrence. Calls theft of infants & child trafficking in Bengaluru…

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Niger coup leader repeals law aimed at slowing migration to Europe

The head of Niger's military regime has repealed a law criminalising the trafficking of migrants. The country is a hub for those seeking to reach Europe via neighbouring Libya and Algeria.

Radio France Internationale

Pig hunters deny drug trafficking theory on missing man

Two pig hunters who were with a man when he disappeared while travelling through Queensland during a COVID-19 lockdown deny their group was trafficking drugs.

AAP

Maharashtra Child Trafficking: Police uncovers gang; Arrests 10 accused so far including woman

The Crime Branch said that those who were arrested by the Crime Branch were involved in the buying and selling of the child. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Man charged over $2 million Melbourne home meth bust

A $2 million haul of methylamphetamine has been seized during raid on a Melbourne home, with a man facing a string of charges, including drug trafficking.

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Head Of Security For 'Los Chapitos' Cartel Is Arrested In Mexico

The cartel has been accused of playing a key role in the trafficking of fentanyl across the U.S. southern border

Latin Times

‘Just as scared’: Cyberscam victims in Cambodia find no freedom in rescue

Many end up for months on end in dire conditions in detention centres – sometimes alongside their traffickers.

Al Jazeera

Lincoln Park Zoo warns of wildlife trafficking through airports, including O’Hare, during holiday travel season

Wildlife trafficking is prevalent during this time of year, according to Lincoln Park Zoo, which is working to raise awareness of the issue with the public and enforcement agencies.

Chicago Sun-Times

Italian tribunal sentences more than 200 in crime syndicate

An Italian tribunal convicted 207 people on charges related to their membership in an Italian crime syndicate that is one of the world's most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups.

WEKU

More than 200 mobsters convicted in historic Italian mafia trial

An Italian tribunal on Monday convicted 207 people and sentenced them to a combined 2,100 years in prison on charges related to their membership in Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, one of the world’s most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups.

France 24

Mass arrests in Nîmes as drug gangs targeted following death of 10-year-old boy

French police have arrested 20 people in a mass sweep on drug trafficking networks in the southern city of Nîmes, where the killing of a 10-year-old boy in an August shootout shocked people in the country.

Radio France Internationale

Nine charged over death of French boy in drug-related gang violence

Nine young men including a minor have been charged over the death of a young French boy, a collateral victim of drug trafficking in the southern city of Nimes, a prosecutor said Saturday.

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The Independent UK

Gangster charged over 11 alleged breaches of order imposed upon his release

Curtis Warren, 60, is said to have breached his serious crime prevention order imposed upon his release for drug trafficking.

Evening Standard

Who is Cassie? Singer says she will 'always be recovering' from her past after Diddy assault video

Cassie alleged that her ex assaulted her multiple times and controlled every aspect of her life during the course of the relationship

WEKU

Hip-Hop mogul Sean Combs accused of trafficking, sexual assault and abuse in lawsuit

Combs' former partner, the singer Cassie, filed the federal lawsuit in Manhattan on Thursday. In it, she describes being drugged, raped, and forced to perform sexual acts with male sex workers.

France 24

Cartel turf war rages in Mexico's Chiapas as groups fight over territory

People in Mexico’s southernmost state, Chiapas, have for the last year and a half, been living through a conflict between rival criminal groups. The Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel are both vying for control of the territory. The state, which borders Guatemala, has long been a hotspot…

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The Guardian - UK

Six people arrested in China’s Hubei province over ‘baby-trafficking ring’

Whistleblower claims hospital director colluded with ‘online intermediaries’ to sell birth certificates for about £10,750

The Times of India

14 Bangladesh nationals with their 3 Indian facilitators arrested in South Tripura

AGARTALA: Three days after National Investigation Agency (NIA) operation across five bordering districts of Tripura and the arrest of as many as 25 people in connection with their involvement in human trafficking rackets and cross-border crimes, the state police on Sunday apprehended 14 illegal Bangladesh nationals from Baishnabpur village of…

AAP

Cross-border drug trafficking ring smashed

A year-long investigation into an alleged cross-border drug trafficking network along the Victoria-NSW border has resulted in 21 arrests.

France 24

Ottawa's opioid crisis: Highly addictive fentanyl ravages Canadian capital

In Canada, the opioid crisis is so widespread that even the neighbourhood around parliament is overrun with drugs. Ottawa, the federal capital, has been hard hit by an increase in drug trafficking and with it, overdoses and crime. Just like in the US, authorities are blaming the high addictive painkiller…

The Hindu

NIA raids in human trafficking case: 10 detained in Karnataka

NIA, local police uncover cross-border human trafficking racket from Bangladesh. 44 operators apprehended, 10 from Karnataka. Raids conducted across India, digital devices, identity documents, Indian & foreign currency seized. NIA took over case after Assam STF registered FIR in Sep.

Dynamite News

NIA raids 10 states including Rajasthan and Haryana in human trafficking cases

The raids are underway at the residential premises and other locations of suspects linked to these cases in close coordination with state police forces. Read further on Dynamite News

The Independent UK

The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl into the United States

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