Sex trafficking
Court Declassifies Names of Presidents in Epstein Case Revelations
Recent developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case have brought to light potentially incriminating information involving two former US presidents.
Trump slams new California “Sanctuary Law” for “gender-confused children”
“Those involved in such activity will be charged with a host of federal laws, including laws against kidnapping, sex trafficking, child abuse, and the deprivation of civil rights”
Lawyers of child sex trafficking victim seek her protection, say she has more names for police
A team of lawyers representing a 12-year-old Athens girl who has exposed one of the country's biggest cases of child sex trafficking by speaking out about her own rape and exploitation by dozens of men is demanding a police guard for their client after she was attacked by a man with a knife.
Mother of 12-year-old sex-trafficking victim to remain in custody
An Athens court on Tuesday rejected a request for release from pretrial custody of the mother of a 12-year-old victim of rape and sexual exploitation.
The decision was unanimous, with the judges on the Council of Misdemeanors ruling that the 37-year-old woman is facing serious charges, including of profiting from the pimping of her daughter and other related offenses.
Turkish Cyprus records first human trafficking conviction
Turkish Cyprus has registered its first-ever conviction for human trafficking after two Nigerians forced their schoolmates into prostitution.
The case involved a Nigerian woman in her 20s brought to the island as a student with promises of "education and work," Fezile Osum from Turkish Cyprus' Human Rights Platform said.
Miami Beach doctor arrested for allegedly attempting to purchase 12-year-old as a sex slave
A former resident at Miami Beach’s Mount Sinai Medical Center was arrested and charged for an attempted sex trafficking of a young girl
Romanian Spanish, Police Bust Gang Exporting Sex Slaves
Romanian and Spanish police have busted a criminal gang that recruited young girls in Romania for sex work in nightclubs in Spain, Europol said on Thursday.
Six suspects have been arrested in Romania and seven in Spain during the operation, which also led to the identification of 25 victims in the two countries. Some 24 of the trafficked women were Romanians and one is a Bulgarian.
Cyprus urged to provide trafficking victims free legal aid
The human trafficking arm of Europe's top human rights body is expressing concern over Cyprus' failure to grant free legal aid and expertise to trafficking victims during criminal proceedings.
Epstein probe gets 'zero cooperation' from Prince Andrew: US prosecutor
Britain's Prince Andrew has provided "zero cooperation" to U.S. authorities probing sex trafficking allegedly carried out by deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein and co-conspirators, a prosecutor said on Jan. 27.
Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide while awaiting trial
Financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York, a former law enforcement official said on Aug. 10.