Trump pardons five former NFL players for range of crimes He gave a posthumous pardon to one player who died in 2018 The Independent UK · Feb 13
Gordon Brown says police must interview Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over Epstein links Former prime minister says ‘evidence suggests some in UK were complicit in trafficking – this demands a full inquiry’ The Independent UK · Feb 12
'Creepily crouching over': Lawmaker claims redacted photo shows Epstein trafficking victim with ex-Prince Andrew Congressman Ted Lieu presented images of Prince Andrew with an unidentified woman, identified as a sex trafficking victim of Jeffrey Epstein. During a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Lieu questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi about the redaction of the victim's face, citing laws protecting trafficking survivors. The Times of India · Feb 12
Paris prosecutor calls for trial over alleged arms trafficking with far-right links Prosecutors in Paris have called for seven men — including a serving soldier and a former police officer — to stand trial over the alleged trafficking of weapons to individuals with far-right ties. Radio France Internationale · Feb 12
MAGA civil war erupts with Steven Bannon and Roger Stone in online feud over Epstein Emails released with the Epstein files allegedly suggest Steve Bannon was planning a favorable documentary about the sex trafficking New York financier The Independent UK · Feb 11
Labour’s efforts to ramp up one-in-one-out deportations to France hit by fresh legal challenges Sixteen migrants told the High Court that the government’s flagship deportation deal with France was failing victims of trafficking The Independent UK · Feb 11
A Viral Story Claims an ICE Worker Was Caught in a Child Sex Trafficking Sting. The Truth Is Much Stranger. The way people are misconstruing this prostitution sting mirrors the way ICE tries to mislead us about deportation stings. Reason · Feb 11
Anti-drug activist campaigns in French election despite threats, 2 brothers lost to gang violence Amine Kessaci has been targeted with death threats and lost two brothers to drug violence The Independent UK · Feb 11
Anna Paulina Luna says ‘no special treatment’ for Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘She’s a monster’ Congress is reeling from Epstein revelations. We Got This Covered · Feb 10
New Files Show 330 Gallons Of Sulfuric Acid Bought For Epstein Island The Day FBI Began Probe Jeffrey Epstein ordered 330 gallons of sulfuric acid for his private island on the same day in 2018 that the FBI reopened its trafficking investigation. The timing has drawn scrutiny online. Bored Panda · Feb 10
Six men accused of seeking sexual services from minors, charged with human trafficking in Canada Six men have been arrested and charged in a human trafficking investigation in the Durham Region of Ontario, Canada, police say. The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) launched an operation called Project Firebird to tackle the purchase of sexual services from minors. The Times of India · Feb 9
Prince William And Kate Middleton Address Epstein Files For The First Time Amid Surging Royal Scrutiny The Prince and Princess of Wales addressed the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case that directly involves William’s uncle, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Bored Panda · Feb 9
How the law can add to child sex trafficking victims’ existing trauma The January 2026 release of additional files related to the Justice Department’s investigation of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has brought renewed attention to the late financier’s connections to the world’s rich and powerful. The Conversation · Feb 9
Takeaways from what the Epstein files show about the FBI investigation of possible sex trafficking While FBI investigators collected ample proof that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused multiple underage girls, records released by the Justice Department show they found scant evidence he led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men The Independent UK · Feb 8
The Independent UK · Feb 8 FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails
Evening Standard · Feb 8 Federal statement on Jeffrey Epstein's death dated day before he was found dead in cell The statement announcing Epstein’s death was dated one day before a corrections officer found him hanging in his cell
The Mary Sue · Feb 7 ‘This happens often in Florida, one of the biggest… trafficking places in the world’: Florida woman stays at hotel. Then others recount their stories Recently, The Mary Sue shared a story about a woman who was disturbed during a stay at a DoubleTree near Boca Raton, Florida. The post garnered significant attention, which led some viewers to supply tips about their experiences with hotels across.
The Guardian - US · Feb 7 Where’s Evo? Missing Morales mystery as Bolivia’s ex-president goes to ground Once a highly visible figure despite being wanted on human trafficking charges, the former leader has not been seen since shortly after the US kidnapped Venezuela’s president
The Independent UK · Feb 7 China overturns death sentence of Canadian days after Carney’s Beijing visit Robert Lloyd Schellenberg will be now retried for his alleged role in trafficking drugs
The Conversation · Feb 6 New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking In late 2025, Interpol coordinated a global operation across 134 nations, seizing roughly 30,000 live animals, confiscating illegal plant and timber products, and identifying about 1,100 suspected wildlife traffickers for national police to investigate.
Euronews · Feb 6 US strike on alleged narco-trafficking ship near Colombia kills two The US Southern Command confirmed a new lethal attack in international waters near Colombia, as part of its Operation Southern Lance against South American drug traffickers.
The Independent UK · Feb 6 US strikes another alleged drug-trafficking boat in Eastern Pacific The U.S. military says it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
AAP · Feb 5 Mokbel's big jet plane dreams as he tastes freedom Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel is excited about jetting overseas after nearly two decades in jail or on bail, after prosecutors dropped retrial plans.
The Conversation · Feb 5 Victims have told us the worst of Epstein’s crimes for decades – and they are still being ignored As the US Department of Justice published 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files, deputy US attorney Todd Blanche indicated that the deluge of documents wouldn’t lead to additional criminal charges. Victims want “to be made whole”, he said, but that “doesn’t mean we can just create evidence or that…
The Guardian - US · Feb 4 Democrats say Trump’s immigration crackdown has undermined efforts to combat human trafficking House Democrats say US anti-trafficking efforts have been hamstrung by diversion of resources to immigration raids