Tag: Human trafficking
How the Gaetz probe grew from sex trafficking to medical pot
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Rep. Matt Gaetz vacationed in the Bahamas in 2018, he was joined by a doctor who donated to his campaign...
Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking
SECACO, Burkina Faso — For months, human traffickers beat and drugged Blessing, hauling the 27-year-old from one gold mine encampment to the next, where...
Judge seeks answers for jail’s Ghislaine Maxwell treatment
NEW YORK — A judge ordered the government Thursday to explain why guards repeatedly flash light into Ghislaine Maxwell’s cell overnight, an action her...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s sleep loss in jail concerns judges
NEW YORK — Appeals judges hearing bail arguments seemed sympathetic Monday to claims that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is unjustly kept awake at night...
Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty; trial date in flux
NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell faced a judge in person for the first time Friday as lawyers squabbled over exactly when she should be...
Turkey probes human trafficking using official passports
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s Interior Ministry has launched a probe into six more municipalities in connection with an alleged human smuggling scheme where Turkish...
Turkey probes human trafficking using official passports
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s Interior Ministry has launched a probe into six more municipalities in connection with an alleged human smuggling scheme where Turkish...
Ghislaine Maxwell attorneys to 2nd Circuit: She’s no monster
NEW YORK — Defense lawyers insisted Ghislaine Maxwell is “no monster” as they asked an appeals court Monday for her release on bail so...
Demolition begins on Epstein’s former Florida mansion
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Demolition began Monday on a South Florida mansion that once belonged to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Zimbabwe frees some inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in jails
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe has begun releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion to reduce the threat of COVID-19...
