Ghislaine Maxwell: US prosecutors urge 30-year minimum prison sentence Prosecutors make recommendation in court filing a week before Maxwell’s sentencing for sex-trafficking conviction The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2022
Cruel couple kept ten slaves locked in house of horrors dubbed ‘gate to hell’ Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska have been jailed for a total of 26 years for their roles in the human trafficking operation. Daily Record · Jun 22, 2022
Inside house of horrors dubbed 'gate to hell' where vile couple kept slaves Maros Tancos and Joanne Gomulska forced the vulnerable slaves to carry out almost £1million of work for free Manchester Evening News · Jun 22, 2022
Twisted couple kept 10 slaves locked in UK house of horrors dubbed 'gate to hell' Victims of Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska described living with 10 people in a three-bedroom home, sharing a bathroom and sleeping on filthy mattresses, and were locked inside when the couple went out Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2022
Bristol human trafficking case: National Crime Agency reveals how couple were caught Maros Tancos and his partner Joanna Gomulska frittered money away as the slaves they exploited lived in squalor Bristol Post · Jun 22, 2022
Bristol car wash couple jailed for human trafficking of Slovakian immigrants "You treated the victims of your conspiracy as if they were cattle" Bristol Post · Jun 22, 2022
Murder suspect arrested in Greece as cocaine cartel smashed The men arrested in Greece are said to be at the top of a major international cartel Liverpool Echo · Jun 21, 2022
Andhra Pradesh: Extend help in protecting child rights, SCPCR chief urges police Setting up of anti-human trafficking units in districts proposed to DGP The Hindu · Jun 21, 2022
Sudanese trafficking victims must stay in detention, judge rules Three men, who were tortured and had been at risk of being put on UK flight to Rwanda, say being locked up is worsening trauma The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2022
A bill to repeal California's anti-loitering law divided sex workers, advocates. It's now up to Newsom A controversial bill to repeal a provision of California law that prohibits loitering with the intent to sell sex is on its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, nine months after it passed the Legislature and deeply divided Democrats, sex workers and trafficking survivors along the way. Los Angeles Times · Jun 20, 2022
Shaping up for the top job Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Roy Ingkapairote is among candidates tipped for the top job at the Royal Thai Police (RTP), having already been placed in charge of tackling key issues including human trafficking, the illegal drug trade and crimes related to the environment. Bangkok Post · Jun 19, 2022
Uproot graft to clip trafficking The news about 59 Rohingya "abandoned" near southernmost Satun province early this month reminds us that fighting the heinous crime of human trafficking will be a hard-won battle. Bangkok Post · Jun 18, 2022
DeSantis wants panel to probe trafficking, sanctuary cities Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has asked that a statewide grand jury be set up to examine networks that illegally smuggle people into the state The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Grim options, grim choices: trafficked girls in India Poverty and abuse often mean Indian girls and women see human traffickers as their ticket to a better life – and this only grew worse during the pandemic. 360info · Jun 17, 2022
360info · Jun 17, 2022 For migrant sex workers, choice matters Nepal’s approach to protecting migrant workers lacks the nuance needed to seriously address abuse.
Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022 Inmate planned to strangle Ghislaine Maxwell in her sleep at Brooklyn jail, lawyer says NEW YORK — One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow detainees at the Brooklyn federal lockup plotted to murder her, a defense lawyer said in a court filing Wednesday aimed at lightening Maxwell’s sentence on sex trafficking charges for procuring young women for Jeffrey Epstein.
The Guardian - US · Jun 16, 2022 Ghislaine Maxwell asks court for sex trafficking sentence of ‘well below’ 20 years The disgraced British socialite’s lawyers argued that she was threatened in jail and cannot be made proxy for Jeffrey Epstein
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2022 Hidu, the electronic-sniffing dog, helps fight kiddie porn in pedophilia case in Mexico City Soon after graduating from training in Indianapolis, the black Lab was lent by a U.S. anti-sex-trafficking group to help Mexican prosecutors. It paid off.
Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2022 Asylum seekers facing deportation to Rwanda include 'torture victims' with 'severe PTSD' Of the seven asylum seekers removed from a plane set to depart to Rwanda last night, five are trafficking and torture victims while one had "quite severe PTSD" says the founder of Care4Calais
Miami Herald · Jun 14, 2022 Reputed Mexican cartel boss extradited in Miami-Dade’s biggest meth-smuggling case The reputed leader of a Mexican drug cartel appeared in Miami federal court Monday after his extradition from Guatemala on narco-trafficking charges accusing him of directing the largest shipment of methamphetamine to Miami-Dade in the county’s history.
Liverpool Echo · Jun 14, 2022 'Puzzling' arrests as Liverpool suspects turn up in Italian and Albanian mafia turf The men are suspected of involvement in the highest echelons of organised crime in Europe
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2022 Asylum seekers are being rushed towards flights to Rwanda, without proper access to justice Survivors of torture and trafficking must be able to present their case in a fair and lawful way. That simply isn’t happening, says Kerry Smith, CEO of Asylum Aid
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022 ‘Everywhere. Everything. Everyone’: Drugs are back in the EU The European Union's drug agency says trafficking and drug use across the bloc are returning to pre-pandemic levels
Miami Herald · Jun 13, 2022 Sen. Marco Rubio asks for an Interpol red alert notice to arrest Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to request an Interpol red alert notice for the arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro so he can be brought to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.
Dublin Live · Jun 12, 2022 South American crime gang believed to be behind illegal immigrants found working at Meath business The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) officers investigating a suspected trafficking ring led a targeted multi-agency raid on a commercial premises