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French Champagne Makers Face Prison In Human Trafficking Trial

French prosecutors have requested two years behind bars for an employer in the champagne sector accused of human trafficking, exploiting seasonal workers and housing them in appalling conditions during the 2023 grape harvest.

International Business Times

Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking

Police found 57 people allegedly held in fetid conditons in case known as ‘grape harvest of shame’

The Guardian - UK

Jalisco Cartel Leader 'El Mencho' Slapped With Sanctions For Role In Drug Trafficking And Killings

"CJNG's reign of terror across Mexico and its trafficking of fentanyl into the United States has destroyed countless innocent lives," said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent when announcing sanctions

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US sanctions leadership of Mexico's Jalisco cartel

The Trump administration has imposed economic sanctions on five high-ranking members of Mexico’s powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel for their involvement in drug trafficking and killings

The Independent UK

Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial takes a day off due a juror's illness

A juror's vertigo has ended another day of the sex trafficking trial for Sean “Diddy” Combs before it began

The Independent UK

Jurors in Diddy’s sex trafficking trial forced to watch more clips of ‘freak offs’

Mogul’s lawyers played seven explicit clips of the sex marathons for the panel

The Independent UK

Sean 'Diddy' Combs probably won't testify as defense says its case could be less than 2 days

Hopes that Sean “Diddy” Combs might testify at his federal sex trafficking trial have faded after his lawyer predicted a defense presentation lasting two to five days

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Judge dismisses juror over protests by lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs

A judge has dismissed a juror in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after concluding that his conflicting answers about where he lives might indicate he had an agenda or wanted to stay on the jury for a purpose

The Independent UK

Young Frenchman on trial for drug trafficking in Malaysia

Tom Félix has gone on trial in northern Malaysia, charged with drug possession and trafficking which could carry the death penalty if he is found guilty.

Radio France Internationale

Diddy trial recap: Court shown texts about drugs, assault and sex parties, after juror dismissed for ‘lack of candor’

Prosecutors could wrap as early as Wednesday after hearing from more key witnesses, including an alleged “drug mule.”

The Independent UK

Sex-trafficking trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs enters sixth week

Lawyers for the music mogul deny allegations of sex trafficking or coercion, asserting that all sexual encounters were consensual and part of a ‘swingers lifestyle’

The Guardian - AU

Key moments from the fifth week of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial

The fifth week of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial featured a courthouse appearance by one of his famous friends: Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West

The Independent UK

Kanye West Makes Shock Appearance Outside Courthouse At Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial

The rapper said he attended in support of Combs as he faces charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.

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Why people become drug mules – and why harsh sentences don’t deter them

Thousands of British nationals are charged with drug smuggling abroad every year. The UK charity Prisoners Abroad reports a rise in the number of British people imprisoned abroad for drug offences in 2024-25, compared to the previous year, especially women under 34.

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Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, shows up to support Sean "Diddy" Combs at trial

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, says he came to the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs to support him

The Conversation

Why anti-trafficking measures alone won’t save Africa’s pangolins

Nigeria accounts for the largest volume of detected pangolin scales illegally traded from Africa. Between 2010 and 2021, 190,000kg of scales – representing nearly 800,000 African pangolins – were seized in shipments linked to Nigeria, despite a ban on international trade.

The Independent UK

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer complains about trial secrecy as a famous rapper's name goes unmentioned

A lawyer for Sean “Diddy” Combs is protesting the rising tide of secrecy at the hip-hop icon's sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial after Combs and the public were excluded from lengthy legal arguments

The Independent UK

House passes bill to to combat fentanyl trafficking, sending it to Trump's desk

The House has passed bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on fentanyl

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial hears account of orgy with ‘famous rapper’

In yet another dramatic development in the case, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial has heard an account of an orgy with an unnamed “famous rapper”.

The Independent UK

Diddy trial recap: Ex-girlfriend Jane breaks down describing “freak-offs,” trips with famous rapper as mammoth testimony ends

Jane testified about the emotional toll of her lengthy ‘hotel nights’ with Sean Combs

AAP

Students 'forced into slavery' with scholarship lure

A woman who allegedly lured PNG students to Australia and used debt bondage to force them to work on farms has been charged with human trafficking.

The Independent UK

Diddy wrote ‘love letters’ to Cassie Ventura while high with girlfriend ‘Jane’, trial told

The rapper also reportedly called Ventura ‘one of his greatest loves’, jury in sex trafficking trial heard

Evening Standard

'I was framed': British mother facing death penalty in Bali for 'smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight' claims stitch-up

Lisa Stocker, Jonathan Collyer, and Phineas Float have appeared in court accused of drug trafficking

Latin Times

U.S. Targets 10 Front Companies Used by 'Los Chapitos' to Launder Fentanyl Proceeds

U.S. officials say a real estate firm, a spa, and a clothing rental service are among the front companies used by Los Chapitos to launder proceeds from their fentanyl trafficking operations

The Independent UK

AP reporters go behind the story in discussing coverage of the Sean 'Diddy' Combs case

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged in federal court with sex trafficking and racketeering and has pleaded not guilty

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