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Zambia rearrests 8 Croatians after charges dropped

Zambian authorities confirm that officials have rearrested eight Croatians, preventing them from leaving the southern African country after a court dropped child trafficking charges against them a day earlier

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

Belgian police detain 25 in Chinese sex worker trafficking inquiry

Belgian police raided 26 addresses across the country and detained 25 people on Tuesday as part of an investigation into a gang suspected of trafficking women from China to become sex workers.

Reuters · Feb 7, 2023

Police raid south-east Queensland properties, shut down 'sophisticated' drug trafficking syndicate

Queensland police have charged 29 people with more than 180 offences, including 12 charged with trafficking, following a 14-month operation, supported by federal agencies and specialist police.

ABC News · Feb 7, 2023

Powerful play set in Belfast to explore themes of modern slavery and human trafficking

The production unveils the alarming rates of human trafficking and domestic servitude reported in Northern Ireland

Belfast Live · Feb 5, 2023

Multi-million pound drugs gang partied in Las Vegas and blew cash in Harrods

Kingpin also made donations to Catholic churches and a youth club while trafficking huge amounts of heroin and cocaine

Liverpool Echo · Feb 4, 2023

Justice Department says short ‘time-to-crime’ for guns used in crimes in Chicago points to illegal trafficking

The period from when a gun is bought until it’s recovered in a crime was far lower in Chicago than in New York or Los Angeles, according to a new federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives report.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 4, 2023

From bus driver to Russian soldier: The journey of an imprisoned Ivorian recruited by Wagner Group

A video posted in early January 2023 showed the leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner with a mercenary who was described as Ivorian. By analysing posts shared on social networks and talking to people who knew him at different times in his life, the FRANCE 24 Observers team managed…

France 24 · Feb 4, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: The bogus, homophobic campaign against Biden's stellar FCC nominee

No one should be surprised that telecommunications companies revved up opposition to the 2021 nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission. After all, Sohn was known as an effective critic of the industry's monopoly power and a defender of the public interest.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2023

Olympic snowboarders accuse USOPC, national federation of sex trafficking in lawsuit

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the national governing body for snowboarding and the former national team snowboard coach conspired to engage in sex trafficking, enabling and covering up repeated acts of sexual misconduct, three former national team snowboarders claimed in a lawsuit Thursday.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 3, 2023

Accused cult leader, movie actor held without bail on sex trafficking charges

LAS VEGAS — A North Las Vegas judge ordered a former movie actor to remain in custody without bail Thursday after he was arrested and accused of operating a cult and sex trafficking women and girls he viewed as wives.

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023