Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Trafficking

Slavery's historical link to marriage is still at play in some African societies

Governments and religious institutions regulate marriage. Such regulations are heavily laden with specific moral ideas and cultural taboos. There are heated debates around what counts as “proper” marriage: should polygamy or monogamy be preferred? What should be the minimal age for marriage?

The Conversation

Multiple government defeats are likely when the illegal immigration bill heads to the Lords

Sunak’s plan is cruel and unworkable, but at the very least there may be concessions on victims of trafficking and children, says Refugee Council SEO Enver Solomon

The Guardian - UK

How Facebook and Instagram became marketplaces for child sex trafficking

The long read: Our two-year investigation suggests that the tech giant Meta is struggling to prevent criminals from using its platforms to buy and sell children for sex

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Singapore executes man for trafficking 1kg of cannabis

A Singaporean man was hanged today for trafficking 2.2lb (1kg) of cannabis into the country, despite last-minute appeals for leniency from his family and human-rights groups.

The Week

Caribbean armed violence fueled by small-scale gun traffickers -report

High rates of gun violence in the Caribbean are being fueled by small-scale trafficking, largely from the United States, via shipping firms, commercial airlines and by post, according to a new report by the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey.

Reuters

EU sanctions Syria's ruling Assad family over amphetamine trafficking

The European Union has imposed sanctions on several Syrians – including members of President Bashar al-Assad’s family – accusing them of producing and trafficking the stimulant drug captagon, a key source of income for the Damascus regime.

Radio France Internationale

Singapore hangs man for trafficking 1kg of cannabis

Family of Tangaraju Suppiah had pleaded for clemency, saying he had not had adequate legal counsel in fighting the case.

Al Jazeera

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Singapore executes man for abetting trafficking of cannabis

Singapore has executed a man for abetting the trafficking of cannabis, despite pleas for clemency and protests that he was convicted on weak evidence

The Independent UK

Singapore executes citizen for cannabis trafficking

Singapore on Wednesday executed a man convicted of drug trafficking, a representative for his family said, despite pleas from his relatives and activists for clemency.

Reuters

More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill wins passage

Over the course of a year, the U.S. Treasury Department has used the hammer of its sanctions powers to impose wide-ranging financial restrictions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, turning Russia into the most sanctioned country in the world

The Independent UK

Syria Condemns EU Sanctions over Captagon Business

Syria on Tuesday condemned the European Union’s new sanctions on Damascus over making and trafficking an amphetamine saying the move was based on lies. The Syrian Foreign Ministry statement came a day after the EU imposed sanctions on several Syrians, including members of President Bashar Assad’s family, blaming them for…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Singapore chides billionaire Branson over call to spare cannabis trafficker

Singapore government on Tuesday accused British billionaire Richard Branson of peddling falsehoods and disrespecting its justice system, hitting back at the tycoon over his call to spare a man set to be executed this week for drug trafficking.

Reuters

Tangaraju Suppiah: Singapore to hang man over cannabis trafficking charge despite clemency appeals

Tangaraju Suppiah is due to be executed under Singapore’s draconian laws for drug trafficking

Evening Standard

EU slaps sanctions on relatives of Syria’s al-Assad over drugs

European Council says production and trafficking of amphetamine has become ‘a regime-led business model’ in Syria.

Al Jazeera

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Sanctions Syria’s Assad Cousins, Others over Suspected Drug Trade

The European Union on Monday placed sanctions on people and groups linked to what it described as the Syrian government's "large-scale drug trafficking operations," and the EU also included one Russian company. The Syrian government did not respond to a request for comment on the accusations or the sanctions against…

Reuters

EU curbs Syria's Assad cousins, others over suspected drug trade

WEKU

Gov. Newsom sends National Guard and CHP to tackle San Francisco's fentanyl crisis

The two agencies will join forces with local police and the district attorney's office to ramp up efforts against fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco.

Al Jazeera

Colombian President Petro meets Biden in Washington, DC

The two leaders discussed issues such as climate change, migration and drug trafficking in a White House meeting.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Bristol Post

Man caught trafficking drugs three times as a teenager jailed

Riaz Lewis was last spotted by police dealing drugs in St Pauls

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: US-Mexico officials must put aside animosity to stop fentanyl deaths

A round of indictments against a major Mexican fentanyl trafficking ring last week presents an opportunity to hobble the multinational drug enterprise killing people on both sides of the border — but only if leaders in the United States and Mexico can stop sniping at each other and overcome a…

The Independent UK

Andrew Tate mocked for sitting in ‘cold’ sauna in Romania

The controversial influencer is currently on house arrest on suspicioun of organised crime and human trafficking

The Canberra Times

Second arrest in cross-border drug trafficking investigation

Police began investigating Alipate Taufaao after reviewing another man's text messages.

Tribune News Service

US takes action against Mexican cartel, Chinese firms to stem fentanyl trafficking

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials announced actions Friday to combat fentanyl as the nation struggles to battle overdose deaths, including charges against members of a Mexican drug cartel that authorities say is behind the drug’s largest trafficking operation on the globe.

WEKU

U.S. charges El Chapo's sons and other Sinaloa cartel members in fentanyl trafficking

Members of the Mexican cartel are facing several charges involving fentanyl trafficking, weapons and money laundering in New York, Illinois and Washington, D.C.

Al Jazeera

US targets El Chapo sons, Chinese workers in sweeping drug action

Authorities announce charges against so-called ‘Chapitos’ cartel leaders, Chinese chemical firms linked to fentanyl.

1 … 105 106 107 108

People

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman

286 stories

Christian Schmollinger

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations