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Jeffrey Epstein’s island: What really happened there?

Accusers say billionaire’s private paradise of Little St James in US Virgin Islands was centre of international sex trafficking ring

The Independent UK

Trafficking victims need better protection, US says

The United States has urged Thailand to improve its systems for protecting victims of human trafficking, especially those pressed into forced labour by growing numbers of cyber-scam gangs.

Bangkok Post

Human trafficking victim has conviction overturned

"Our review has found that this young man has been let down by a wide range of agencies involved in his prosecution"

Manchester Evening News

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Amazon facing ‘urgent’ crime crisis after gutting of protections, says drugs tsar

Brazilian government warning comes as UN report says that flourishing organized crime groups are driving a boom in environmental devastation

The Guardian - US

‘Negligence, misconduct’ led to Epstein jail suicide: Watchdog

DOJ inspector general releases report on death of well-connected financier as he awaited sex trafficking charges.

Al Jazeera

Rally against drug abuse and illegal trafficking held in Arcot near Ranipet

The Hindu

Anger as Tory bill will 'stop support for trafficking victims in Scotland'

Two clauses in the bill will make changes to the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act and "restrict" the power of Scottish…

The National (Scotland)

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Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.

The Conversation

Jeffrey Epstein suicide blamed on jail guard negligence and misconduct: Justice Department watchdog

The Justice Department’s watchdog says “a combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges

The Independent UK

Negligence, staff failures led to Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, a DOJ report says

The disgraced financier who was jailed for sex trafficking charges, killed himself at New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019. He died before standing trial.

WEKU

How the global drugs trade is changing

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

The Week

More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown

MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Australia's hidden housing crisis: survivors of modern slavery have few safe places to turn

Australia is not immune to the rapidly growing global problem of modern slavery. In fact, new research has found the number of people living in modern slavery has more than doubled in the past four years, rising to an estimated 41,000.

The Conversation

New program aims to provide $1000 to survivors of gender-based violence

One-time cash assistance will be available to Chicago residents who have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking or human trafficking.

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The Independent UK

Judge approves $290m settlement in suit accusing JPMorgan of ignoring Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking

Bank denies enabling any crimes

Bangkok Post

Competitiveness affects Indonesia ties

Just two years ago, Thailand and Indonesia commemorated the 70th anniversary of relations, with both sides holding events to celebrate. Over the year, they mapped out various plans that would boost bilateral ties with the aim of establishing and hastening a "strategic partnership". These included strengthening political and economic relations,…

Al Jazeera

US presidential candidate DeSantis unveils tough immigration plan

Republican leader’s plan calls to end birthright citizenship and send US forces to Mexico to combat drug trafficking.

France 24

Belgium struggles to combat booming drug trade in port city of Antwerp

A record 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Belgian port of Antwerp in 2022. The city is now the main gateway into Europe for the drug, which largely comes from South America concealed in fruit shipments. Faced with this trafficking epidemic, Belgian authorities have recruited almost 100 extra…

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Reason

Bombing Mexican Cartels Won't Stop Fentanyl

A Republican-sponsored resolution would authorize the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force" against foreigners involved in fentanyl trafficking.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar junta says failing to halt surge in drug trafficking

Myanmar junta authorities said they torched almost half a billion dollars’ worth of illegal drugs on Monday, but warned they were failing to stop a surge in production and trafficking of narcotics.

The Independent UK

Myanmar burns $446 million worth of seized drugs as illicit trade booms in Southeast Asia

The authorities in Myanmar have destroyed more than $446 million worth of illegal drugs seized from around the county to mark an annual international anti-drug trafficking day

Al Jazeera

US charges Chinese companies with trafficking fentanyl materials

Chinese officials have countered that the US is shifting blame for what is a domestic opioid addiction crisis.

The Independent UK

US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies on charges of trafficking fentanyl ingredients

The U.S. Justice Department has filed criminal charges against four Chinese companies and eight individuals for allegedly trafficking the chemicals used to make the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl in the United States and Mexico

The Guardian - US

US charges Chinese individuals and firms over fentanyl chemical trafficking

Four companies and eight individuals charged with shipping enough precursor chemicals into US to kill ‘25m Americans’

Wales Online

Tiger King Netflix star faces 20 years in jail after trafficking conviction

The prosecution told jurors that the Netflix star would pay up to $3,000 for a cub

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