Polk County Sheriff’s Office and other authorities in the US state of Florida have rounded up 160 people in a week-long human trafficking sting operation dubbed Fall Haul 2, County Sheriff Grady Judd announced on Friday in a press conference. Those charged included a Disney employee, multiple school teachers, a …
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Former Facebook moderator Daniel Motaung has sued the social media giant’s parent company Meta and its African subcontractor Sama, alleging in the suit filed on Tuesday that the company “subjected current and former content moderators to forced labor and human trafficking for labor.” Motaung claims he was laid off for …
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A human trafficking sting in central Florida has netted 108 arrests, including four Disney employees, Polk County police revealed on Wednesday, announcing the conclusion of a six-day undercover investigation called “Operation March Sadness 2.” Among those caught up in the sting were a 27-year-old man who worked as a lifeguard …
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Ghislaine Maxwell, a former confidant of sex trafficker and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been found guilty on five of six counts linked to helping the late financier groom and recruit teenage girls for abuse. The British socialite was convicted on Wednesday, including on the most serious charge of trafficking …
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The adverts, posted last week to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, feature a restaurant-style whiteboard offering a special dish of “Russian virgins and cocaine.” Other listings include “Katia, 17 years old,” and “Sophia, 20 years old,” for €50 each ($58). Would-be punters are also told that for an …
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Process server Cesar Augusto Sepulveda attested that he successfully served the documents on August 27, according to an affidavit that surfaced Friday. It says the Duke of York did not accept the papers personally, but the Metropolitan Police Office and the head of security at The Royal Lodge in Windsor …
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The long-time Jeffrey Epstein confidante was granted a “short” delay on Monday, with US District Judge Alison Nathan ordering her defense team and prosecutors to agree on a new trial date by next week, saying it should not be later than sometime in the fall. “No additional delay is necessary …
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Citing “three people briefed on the matter” but not a single official on the record, the Times said Gaetz was being investigated by the Justice Department “over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him.” Congressman Ted Lieu (D-California) has already …
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According to Russian media sources, the 61-year-old Vladimir Bardanov trapped himself inside the building alongside his daughter, son-in-law, and their child. As of 7pm Moscow time, the standoff is still ongoing. “Police officers presented the suspect’s wife with a court order to conduct a home inspection and entered the property,” …
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The new eight-count indictment, which was filed on Monday in US District Court in New York, expands the six-count case that was brought against Maxwell after her arrest last July over her alleged role in recruiting teenage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse. The case now includes charges of sexual …
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