Human trafficking

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

US judge says Bank of America’s alleged ‘reckless disregard’ supports Epstein lawsuit

Epstein victims are pursuing two claims accusing Bank of America, the nation’s second-largest bank, of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking.

Latvia launches human trafficking investigation after Epstein file release

Demonstrators hold signs aloft protesting Jeffrey Epstein, as he awaits arraignment in the Southern District of New York on charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, U.S., July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

UN experts condemn US move to strip migrant children of legal aid

Two children sit in the hallway as their parents attend an immigration hearing at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado

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