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The West Bengal region of India has been devastated by climate disasters and opportunistic sex traffickers are targeting girls in the region. CBC’s Salimah Shivji hears their stories of horror and survival and learns how the community is fighting to protect their daughters. CBC | World News
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Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries faces federal sex trafficking charges
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man were arrested Tuesday on charges of luring men into sex parties held around the world, sometimes by dangling the promise of modeling for the clothing retailer. CBC | World News
Read More »Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries faces federal sex trafficking charges
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man were arrested Tuesday on charges of luring men into sex parties held around the world, sometimes by dangling the promise of modeling for the clothing retailer. CBC | World News
Read More »Sean (Diddy) Combs pleads not guilty to sex trafficking, racketeering charges
Rapper and hip-hop mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs presided over a sordid empire of sexual crimes, coercing and abusing women for years while using blackmail and shocking acts of violence to keep his victims in line, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Hope Education Project launches drive to combat young people trafficking in West Africa
The promise of a decent job and the chance to help their family – no wonder young people in struggling corners of the world don’t stand a chance and fall for traffickers’ brutal deceptions that leave them enslaved and desperate. But can education and empowerment stop the scandalous waste and injustice before it is too late? That’s focus of the ...
Read More »Sean (Diddy) Combs residences searched in connection with sex trafficking investigation
Two properties belonging to music mogul Sean (Diddy) Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation by federal authorities in New York. CBC | World News
Read More »Ex-WWE’s Vince McMahon accused of defecating on woman, sex trafficking and naming dildos
The former World Wrestling Entertainment chief Vince McMahon has been accused of sexual abuse and sex trafficking by a former employee at their headquarters. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns Perpetuate Myths, Don’t Tell The Whole Story, Per HuffPost
Human trafficking awareness campaigns, which sometimes feature lurid warnings that suggest that anyone could be victimized by the insidious crime, don’t actually do anything to combat the problem and actually perpetuate myths about it, HuffPost reports. Human trafficking is a real problem: of that, there is no doubt. Whether it’s children or adults, whether it’s being coerced into sexual slavery ...
Read More »China sentences 9 in fentanyl trafficking case after U.S. tip
A Chinese court sentenced nine fentanyl traffickers on Thursday in a case culminating a rare collaboration between Chinese and U.S. law enforcement to crack down on global networks that manufacture and distribute lethal synthetic opioids. CBC | World News
Read More »Slave sale video prompts France to push for UN meeting on trafficking of migrants
France demanded on Wednesday an urgent UN Security Council session on human trafficking in Libya and raised the possibility of sanctions on the country after a video appearing to show African migrants being sold as slaves there sparked global outrage. CBC | World News
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