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Iraq suspends flights to Belarus amid migration crisis

Iraq has suspended air travel to Belarus over the smuggling of Iraqi migrants via Belarus, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein confirmed on Saturday.Iraq will work with relevant EU countries to comba

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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

July 30 is the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.The theme for 2021 is “Victim’s Voices Lead the Way,” and focuses on victim-centered approaches for combatting a cri

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North African maritime exercise Phoenix Express set to begin

Phoenix Express 2021, the 16th iteration of the North African maritime exercise, will begin Sunday in Tunis, Tunisia, and throughout the Mediterranean Sea, the U.S. Sixth Fleet announced in a stateme

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Brazil deploys 4,000 troops to stem crime in Amazon region

VCG Image Brazil has deployed more than 4,000 soldiers to patrol its northern coast near the jungle border with French Guiana in a bid to stop the trafficking of drugs, weapons and gold, as we

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Kenyan police arrest 3 suspects over drug trafficking

Police seal off roads near Kenya's Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya November 20, 2017. /Reuters Kenyan criminal investigation officers said on Sunday they are interrogating three suspected drug

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China's customs authority vows to beef up support for foreign trade

China's top customs authority said it will make all-out efforts to support the steady growth of foreign trade and prevent the epidemic from spreading through ports. Customs across the country should

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Myanmar steps up fight against human-trafficking

Myanmar'sYangoncitypoliceissteppingupfightagainsthuman-traffickingbycollectingpersonalinformationofpassengersleavingYangonthroughhighwaybusterminals,theofficial

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Sex trafficking bill gets tech firms' backing

Theinternet’smostpowerfulcompaniessaytheywillsupportnewmeasuresthatseektopreventonlinesextrafficking.TheInternetAssociation,whichcountsFacebook,GoogleandAmazona

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Why: Tech advocates want to stop a new Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act

Mostpeoplewouldagreethatsextraffickingisabhorrent.WhenagroupofSenatorsproposedanewbipartisanbillcalledStopEnablingSexTraffickersActitsoundedlikeanoblepieceofleg

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Army general sentenced to 27 years for human trafficking in Thailand

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Thai judge hands down verdicts in major trafficking trial

A judge began handing down verdicts in Thailand's biggest human trafficking trial on Wednesday before dozens of defendants, including a Thai army general, accused of smuggling and trafficking migrants on the Thai-Malaysia border.

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Thai judge hands down verdicts in major trafficking trial

AjudgebeganhandingdownverdictsinThailand'sbiggesthumantraffickingtrialonWednesdaybeforedozensofdefendants,includingaThaiarmygeneral,accusedofsmugglingandtraffic

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Human trafficking threatens young women in Peru

Peruhastensofthousandsofhumantraffickingvictimsand,accordingtotheGlobalSlaveryIndex,isoneofthecountrieswiththehighestratesofhumantraffickingintheAmericas.Themaj

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Big data maps India's human traffic hot spots

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Drop in sex-trafficking cases in India may mask the real number

​India has seen a 70 per cent drop in cases filed under an anti-trafficking law between 2001 and 2015, which experts attribute to a lack of reporting of the crime and more sex workers moving out of brothels to escape police detection among other factors.

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Thai kingpin jailed for Rohingya trafficking

A Thai man accused of masterminding the smuggling and trafficking of Rohingya migrants fleeing Myanmar has been jailed for 35 years, a court said Thursday.

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Ghana readies for tougher measures on human trafficking

Government of Ghana will in the coming days get tougher on human trafficking in all forms, a senior public official announced here on Wednesday.