All news on the topic: Human trafficking
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Myanmar junta claims it dismantled major scam hubs and repatriated 70,000 forced fraud workers
Myanmar’s military government says “special operations” over the past two years have dismantled infrastructure at major scam compounds, including KK Park, and led to the repatriation of tens of thousands of foreign nationals forced into online fraud.
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Josip Heit and the anatomy of a crypto pyramid: how money flowed from small investors to offshore assets
State prosecutors are conducting preliminary checks into the business activities of international entrepreneur Josip Heit, who has roots in Split, over alleged money laundering, while various foreign jurisdictions have been scrutinizing his operations for years.
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Nepalis trafficked into Myanmar scam camps tortured and forced to defraud Americans and Europeans
The Nepalis were lured to Myanmar by promises of legitimate jobs, but said they were tortured and forced to work in scam compounds before being rescued.
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Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo sentenced to life for role in major trafficking-linked scam hub
A former mayor of the Philippines, who faced accusations of spying for China, has been found guilty of human trafficking for her involvement in operating a scam center.
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Bank warned US authorities about possible human trafficking tied to Epstein
JP Morgan warned the US government about more than $1 billion in transactions linked to Jeffrey Epstein that were possibly related to reports of human trafficking, new documents confirm.
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Four arrested as imitation firearms and drugs seized in Birmingham raids
Police forced entry into two properties in Digbeth following reports of illegal money-laundering operations.
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Romanian gang jailed for raping and exploiting vulnerable women in Scotland
Five members of a Romanian grooming gang have been jailed for raping and sexually exploiting vulnerable women in Scotland.
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US authorities seize $15 billion in cryptocurrency linked to Chen Zhi and Prince Group
He is a youthful-looking tycoon who ascended to the highest levels of power in his adopted home of Cambodia, where he awards scholarships and manages philanthropy programs while overseeing one of the country’s largest and most well-connected conglomerates.
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Wyden pushes legislation demanding $1.5 billion in Epstein financial files, including names of trafficking victims
A U.S. senator unveiled legislation today intended to force the Treasury Department to release financial documents containing names of women and girls potentially trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender
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U.S. sanctions 19 individuals and companies in Southeast Asia due to scam operations involving forced labor
The U.S. has sanctioned 19 individuals and companies in Southeast Asia, accusing them of running scam centre operations that use slave labour to defraud Americans of billions of dollars.
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Epstein birthday scrapbook shows Trump-signed check and disturbing ‘woman sale’ note
A scrapbook for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday released on Monday contains a photo of him holding a novelty check bearing Donald Trump’s signature, along with a note suggesting Epstein “sold” him a woman for $22,500, shedding further light on the longtime relationship between the president and the convicted sex offender.
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Leaders of the “Kingdom of God Global Church” charged with forced labor and multimillion-dollar fraud
Federal authorities have arrested the purported leaders of a multi-state human trafficking ring, which is said to have deceived victims by pretending to offer legitimate opportunities and coerced them into soliciting donations under the pretence of working for a religious ministry, as stated by prosecutors.
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Finland begins country’s largest human trafficking trial
A Finnish court on Tuesday opened what officials called the country’s largest human trafficking trial, bringing 78 charges against berry company Polarica and its executives, according to state-owned news agency Yle.
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UK imposes sanctions on Balkan mafia that bought real Bosnian passports using stolen identities
A UK crackdown targets Balkan gangsters who used fraudulent Bosnian documents—only weeks after Bosnian journalists exposed the extent of the identity theft scheme.
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Baby trafficking network to Singapore uncovered in Indonesia
According to the police, Indonesian authorities have arrested 12 people accused of running a baby-trafficking ring between Indonesia and Singapore, according to police.
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Libya rescues 104 migrants from torture chambers in major anti-trafficking raid
Libya is continuing its crackdown on human trafficking gangs that torture migrants attempting to travel from Africa to Europe.
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Suspected sex trafficker Andrew Tate obtained Vanuatu ‘golden passport’ while in Romanian custody
The alleged sex trafficker and “king of toxic masculinity" was granted a golden passport by the South Pacific nation while under high-profile investigation in Romania.
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Tates face trial in the UK: dozens of charges for rape and control over prostitution
The Tate brothers face a string of criminal charges in the UK including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking, the Crown Prosecution Service said today
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Operation “Eastern Tourist”: Bosnian police dismantle migrant smuggling route into the EU
Bosnian police arrested 18 suspects in a migrant smuggling bust along the Balkan route, seizing vehicles and key evidence in a coordinated crackdown.
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Trial of Diddy: rapper accused of 20 years of sex trafficking and abuse
Prosecutors stated that Combs operated a ’criminal enterprise’ for 20 years focused on trafficking women and concealing it.
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78 Nigerian citizens returned from Ivory Coast after sexual slavery — minors and pregnant girls among them
The rescue operation began after an online activist revealed the exploitation of the girls, who were deceived into traveling to Ivory Coast for employment, only to be forced into sex work. Four of the victims, all minors, were discovered to be pregnant.
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Fake parenthood and drugs: how Rudnev’s cult tried to bypass Argentina’s immigration laws
Argentina is embroiled in a scandal involving the Russian cult Ashram Shambala.
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Andrew Tate ‘threatened woman with gun’, UK court papers allege
The woman is one of four individuals who have initiated a civil claim against Andrew Tate in the UK, with accusations including rape, assault, and coercive control.
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Foster mum accused of trading child for monkey to expand exotic animal collection
Brenda Deutsch, allegedly a collector of exotic animals, is said to have traded an adopted daughter to someone in Texas, US, for a monkey and mistreated other children in her care.
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Global report exposes scale of modern slavery affecting 50 million worldwide
Modern slavery is still prevalent worldwide, with an estimated 50 million people—including women, children, and forced laborers—caught in exploitation, according to a new report by the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.
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