All news on the topic: Human trafficking
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Jean-Claude Van Damme is accused of engaging in sexual relations with trafficked Romanian women
The incidents are said to have occurred in Cannes, where the actor reportedly received the Romanian women as a "gift" and was aware that they were victims of a trafficking network.
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Libyan Attorney General accuses traffickers of torturing migrants to extort ransoms
The Libyan Attorney General accused suspected traffickers of torturing migrants to pressure their families into paying ransoms for their release.
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Interpol operation uncovers thousands of cybercrime victims in Africa, over 300 arrested
A large cybercrime crackdown across seven African countries has revealed thousands of victims and resulted in hundreds of arrests.
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Tate brothers are heading to Romania, where they face charges of human trafficking
British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan announced on Friday that they have departed from the US and are returning to Romania, where they are facing charges related to human trafficking and other offenses.
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Hundreds of suspects have been arrested, and £7.5 million has been seized in the UK as part of an operation against fraud
The outcomes of the February operation were released a week after the U.K. started implementing significant sections of the Online Safety Act, which seeks to combat fraud.
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Andrew Tate collaborated with alleged Romanian organized crime figures in casino ventures
Newly uncovered documents by reporters indicate that Andrew and Tristan Tate were part of a profit-sharing deal with a casino company whose owners are currently being investigated for forming a violent organized crime group.
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Andrew Tate collaborated in casinos with suspected Romanian organized crime figures
Recent documents revealed by reporters indicate that Andrew and Tristan Tate participated in a profit-sharing agreement with a casino company whose owners are currently under investigation for establishing a violent organized crime group.
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Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have departed from Romania to the US
Andrew Tate – a supporter of Donald Trump – and his brother are on a private plane to Florida, according to Romanian media.
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Thai police general says tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar
The head of the anti-trafficking agency reports that numerous Chinese criminal gangs were operating the centers.
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Thousands rescued from illegal scam operations in Myanmar as Thailand initiates a major crackdown
Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos have become safe havens for criminal syndicates conducting online scam operations and deceiving thousands into forced labor.
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Libyan smuggling ring dismantled: Migrants tortured and killed, bodies discovered in mass graves
Members of a migrant trafficking group who were arrested confess to killing migrants and burying them in the desert.
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Alleged victims of Andrew Tate urge the US to stay out of Romanian criminal proceedings
Four purported victims of sexual violence by the self-proclaimed ’misogynist influencer’ respond following reports that a US envoy requested the lifting of travel restrictions on Tate.
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Waste mafia rakes in millions as Britain’s shores drown in toxic rubbish
Criminal groups demand hundreds for waste removal, promising proper disposal – only to dump it wherever possible. Specialists state that fines do not deter them; instead, they consider these fines a "legitimate business expense."
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Report links EU aid to migrant exploitation and torture
Tunisian uniformed personnel sold migrant groups between 40 to 150 people for prices ranging between 12 to 90 euros per person to Libyan armed forces and militias.
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Chinese trafficking network dismantled across Europe
A Europol-coordinated crackdown exposes a sophisticated smuggling ring luring victims with false job promises, only to trap them in debt bondage and sexual exploitation.
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EU operation combats sexual exploitation through ’Lover Boy’ scam crackdown
German and Hungarian authorities crack down on traffickers preying on women with false promises, uncovering a dark network of exploitation.
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Over 200 abducted children rescued in nationwide human trafficking crackdown in Nigeria
About 207 abducted children, reportedly trafficked from various locations in Nigeria, have been rescued by police.
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Philippines brings money laundering charges against Huang Zhiyang over cyber-fraud scandal
Huang Zhiyang was already facing human trafficking charges for allegedly running compounds where people were forced to carry out online scams.
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Philippines may pursue €2 million allegedly stashed by crime boss in Cyprus
Philippine authorities have charged Huang Zhiyang with human trafficking, sued him for alleged money laundering, and frozen his accounts. But they were unaware of funds he holds in Cyprus.
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Nigerian pastor arrested in major child-trafficking bust, 13 children rescued
Authorities arrest popular Nigerian pastor, rescue children from his cartel.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sued by former assistant claiming star forced her to clean up after ‘Wild King Night’ parties
Sean “Diddy” Combs is being sued by a former assistant over claims the star instructed him to clear up after parties the star referred to as “Wild King Nights”.
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Andrew Tate’s human trafficking trial collapses due to ’prosecutor errors’
Andrew Tate’s trial into alleged human trafficking in Romania can no longer go ahead because of ‘multiple’ mistakes made by prosecutors.
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The overlooked human smuggling route through the Darien
After a long flight over a sea of trees, the ocean begins to emerge through the window of the twin-propeller plane. The vast Pacific meets the Darién jungle in the remote Colombian town of Juradó, in the northwestern Chocó department.
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Top Australian criminal target Zhao flourished in Fiji despite high-level warnings
Fiji’s former prime minister and police chief publicly associated with Zhao Fugang, a China-born businessman and Communist Party representative, even after police warned them that Zhao was suspected of ties to organized crime.
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NGOs: trafficked women in Mexico face "judicial indifference"
Organized crime, systemic corruption, and a culture of machismo are fueling a devastating crisis for women and girls in Mexico, where only a tiny minority of human trafficking cases are investigated by authorities.
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