HISTORICAL FACTS: 6 - Caught on Camera

Operation "Last Call" Leads to 44 Arrests, 160 Gun Seizures and Fentanyl Bust in Nashville

Federal and local authorities arrested 44 people in Nashville, Tennessee, following a five-day operation targeting alleged illegal firearms sales and drug trafficking that resulted in the seizure of more than 160 guns, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine.

Latin Times · Aug 25

Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to toss sex trafficking conviction rejected by judge

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The Independent UK · Aug 25

Judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘frivolous’ attempt to throw out trafficking convictions after Epstein files release

In anything, Maxwell’s latest ‘meritless’ attempt to escape her sentence only further ‘incriminates her,’ judge says

The Independent UK · Aug 25

Doctor Food Arrested After Narcotics Allegedly Found in Branded Sweets Bound for a Gulf Country

Doctor Food, was arrested in Aakkar after a month-long investigation. Authorities previously alleged narcotics were hidden in products made at factories he owned and destined for a Gulf country.

International Business Times UK · Aug 23

Mexican governor wanted on US drug charges returns to job

MEXICO CITY - The governor of Mexico's violence-plagued Sinaloa state, who is wanted by the United States on drug trafficking charges announced Friday he had resumed office after a nearly four-month absence to fight the allegations.

Bangkok Post · Aug 21

Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO is mentally fit for sex trafficking trial, judge says

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has been ruled mentally competent to stand trial for alleged sex trafficking after being hospitalized for months for dementia and Alzheimer’s symptoms

The Independent UK · Aug 21

Home Office could be blocked from deporting trafficking victims to Albania

Many males are returned even if they have been trafficked but Home Office must now consider new legal guidance

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

US Treasury sanctions Ecuador-to-US cocaine trafficking network

The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned 15 people involved in a network allegedly shipping cocaine from Ecuador through Mexico to the U.S. The operation uses Ecuador-based fishing vessels to transfer cocaine to power boats heading north

The Independent UK · Aug 21

For generations, Indonesia’s Huaulu community hunted endangered cockatoos for a sacred ritual; now they use naturally shed feathers

On Indonesia’s Seram Island, the Huaulu Indigenous community has adapted a centuries-old coming-of-age ritual to reduce hunting pressure on the endangered salmon-crested cockatoo. The Cidaku ceremony marks young men’s transition to adulthood and traditionally involved hunting the cockatoo for its distinctive crest feathers, which are worn in a ceremonial headdress…

The Times of India · Aug 20

Major Nigerian coke bust leads to arrests

Nigeria's drug enforcement agency has broken up an international cocaine trafficking ring that used the continent's most populous country as a transit point for internationally bound shipments of life-devastating narcotics. Also, opponents of Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed rally in the latest in a series of pro-democracy demonstrations sparked by growing…

France 24 · Aug 20