Former Los Zetas Cartel Leader 'El Hummer' Sentenced To Decades In Prison For Drug Trafficking Former Los Zetas cartel leader "El Hummer" has been sentenced to 35 years in prison Latin Times · Jun 20, 2025
An ex-college basketball player testifies that Sean 'Diddy' Combs got 'extremely creative' on drugs A former Syracuse University basketball player has told the jury at Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking trial that the music mogul got “extremely creative” when he was on drugs The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
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 · Jun 20, 2025
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 · Jun 19, 2025
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 Latin Times · Jun 19, 2025
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 · Jun 18, 2025
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 · Jun 18, 2025
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 · Jun 17, 2025
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 The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025
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 · Jun 16, 2025
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 · Jun 16, 2025
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 · Jun 16, 2025
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 · Jun 16, 2025
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 · Jun 14, 2025
Pedestrian.tv · Jun 14, 2025 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.
The Conversation · Jun 13, 2025 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.
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025 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 · Jun 13, 2025 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 · Jun 12, 2025 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 · Jun 12, 2025 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
BANG Premier · Jun 12, 2025 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 · Jun 12, 2025 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 · Jun 12, 2025 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 · Jun 11, 2025 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 · Jun 10, 2025 '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