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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.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2022

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 · Sep 12, 2022

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 · Sep 12, 2022

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 · Sep 8, 2022

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 · Sep 7, 2022

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 · Sep 6, 2022

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 · Sep 6, 2022

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

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

Sports Illustrated · Sep 6, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · Sep 5, 2022

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

Issues related to security cooperation, investment, enhanced trade relations, power and energy sector cooperation, water sharing of common rivers, water resources management, border management, and combating drug smuggling and human trafficking are likely to get priority during the talks between Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi

The Hindu · Sep 5, 2022