Human trafficking

Indonesia charges 19 over alleged baby trafficking ring that sent infants to Singapore

19 defendants in human trafficking syndicate during a court hearing on April 7, 2026 at the Bandung district court in West Java.

Romanian court lifts judicial controls against Andrew Tate, brother pending investigation

Andrew Tate delivers a press statement outside his house in Voluntari, Ilfov, Romania, August 4, 2023. Inquam Photos/George Calin via REUTERS

Indonesia to deport Interpol-wanted UK fugitive nabbed in Bali

Scottish national Steven Lyons is escorted by police officers at the Bali Police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on March 31.

Australian plane owner charged over ‘black flight’ to Indonesia

An Australian aircraft owner was charged with people smuggling after allegedly helping two fugitives flee to Indonesia on a "black flight" from a remote peninsula.

Poland to seek help from two other countries in Epstein investigation

Jeffrey Epstein, seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender.

Man wanted for alleged role in Cambodia-based human trafficking and scam ring arrested in Bali

Rifaldo Aquino Pontoh (second from left) was arrested at I Gusti I Ngurah Rai International Airport in Badung regency, Bali, on Feb 21.

Cop turned crime boss, Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera leaves bloody legacy

A bus used as a roadblock by organized crime burns following a federal operation in which Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera was killed, in Zapopan, Mexico, on Feb 22.

UN calls for scam centre clampdown amid ‘staggering’ abuses like ‘water prisons’, starvation

The UNHCR agency had already said in a 2023 report that hundreds of thousands of people were forced to work in the scam centres.

Allegations in Epstein files may amount to crimes against humanity, UN experts say

Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice on Dec 19, 2025.

Pro-Kremlin accounts using Epstein files to push conspiracy: Research

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