Tag: Human trafficking
Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
NEW YORK — A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go...
Libyan officials say UN-sanctioned human trafficker freed
CAIRO — Libyan authorities released one of the country’s most wanted human traffickers less than four months after his arrest in the capital, Tripoli,...
195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep
PARIS — Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown...
Senegal, Spain leaders seek to encourage legal migration
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal and Spain signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to discourage illegal migration that has been increasing amid the coronavirus...
Lawyers raise a stink over British socialite’s jail care
NEW YORK — The rancorous fight over jail conditions for Ghislaine Maxwell is reaching new lows, with prosecutors blaming the British socialite and Jeffrey...
Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise
WASHINGTON — Compared with most congressional newbies, it didn't take Rep. Matt Gaetz long. Phone calls from the president. Rides aboard Air Force One....
Sex trafficking crimes brought against Epstein ex-girlfriend
NEW YORK — Sex trafficking charges and another alleged victim were added to a superseding indictment returned Monday in the criminal case against financier...
Harvard punishes professor who had ties to Jeffrey Epstein
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Harvard University professor who had close ties with Jeffrey Epstein and is accused of giving the disgraced financier an office...
Canadian judge denies bail for fashion mogul Peter Nygard
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A judge on Friday again denied bail to Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard, who was arrested in December on U.S. charges...
Mexico launches crackdown on migrant smuggling
MEXICO CITY — In a rare show of force Friday, Mexico sent hundreds of immigration agents, police and National Guard officers marching through the...