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Report: Trump Administration Squeezes Romania on Tates

Per FT , US wants travel restrictions lifted on siblings held for sex misconduct, trafficking, other crimes

(Newser) - Andrew and Tristan Tate are being detained in Romania on human trafficking, sexual misconduct, money laundering, and organized crime charges, but the US government now wants the influencers to have a little more freedom in how they move about. Per the Financial Times , the Trump administration is putting the squeeze...

'Modern Underground Railroad' Hunts for Women Taken by ISIS

New York Times looks at the painstaking work of volunteers in the US and elsewhere

(Newser) - The last of the ISIS caliphate set up in Syria and Iraq fell in 2019, but hundreds of young women taken as sexual slaves during the Islamic State's reign are believed to remain in captivity. As the New York Times reports, no official entity exists to look for these...

Judge Puts Andrew Tate Under House Arrest After Accusations
Court Releases Tate
From House Arrest
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Court Releases Tate From House Arrest

But he's not allowed to leave Romania

(Newser) - Andrew Tate is now free to leave his house—but not to leave Romania, where the allegations against him and his brother Tristan include trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, and money laundering. A Tate spokesman said Tuesday that a court had released the influencer from house arrest,...

Texas' $100K Billboard Campaign Warns Migrants of Rape

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered 40 signs in 4 languages to go up in Mexico, Central America

(Newser) - Gov. Greg Abbott, who once pledged to "eliminate all rapists" from his state of Texas, is now warning migrants that traffickers could rape and abuse them if they try to make their way to the United States. Per the Washington Post , Abbott is doing so via 40 or so...

13 Filipino Women Convicted in Baby-Selling Ring

The women are accused of acting as surrogates for foreigners

(Newser) - Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking-related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash, reports the AP . The women were each sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of selling, buying, or exchanging a...

New Claim Against Al-Fayed Makes Case His Brother Knew

Petition filed in Connecticut court seeks evidence from Ali Fayed

(Newser) - Scores of women have now accused the late Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed of sexually abusing them. A new claim made via a Connecticut court filing on Tuesday has an added dimension. A woman identified as Jane Doe alleges she was "raped and brutally abused" and trafficked by al-Fayed...

Florida Man Accused of Bailing Out Prisoners for Sex

Russell Moncrief, 75, accused of bailing out female inmates in exchange for sex with him, others

(Newser) - Officials have charged a bail bondsman in Florida with racketeering and human trafficking after he allegedly used his position to prey on female inmates, reportedly offering to bond them out from behind bars in return for having sex with himself and others, per NBC News . Per a release from state...

Backpage.com Founder Is Headed to Prison

Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years, $3M fine on a money laundering charge

(Newser) - Michael Lacey, a founder of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison and fined $3 million for a single money laundering count in a sprawling fraud case that alleged he profited from prostitution. A jury convicted Lacey, 76, of international concealment money laundering...

Family Allegedly Spent 3 Times as Much on Dog Than Servant

Four members of Hinduja family, the UK's richest, accused of human trafficking in Geneva

(Newser) - Four members of Britain's richest family allegedly spent more money on their pet dog than they paid to a servant, who received less than $8 per day for up to 18 hours of work, seven days a week. The members of the Hinduja family, worth some $47 billion, are...

Hundreds of 'Good-Looking' People Lured for 'Love Scam'
They Were Lured In, Then Made
to Carry Out 'Love Scams'
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They Were Lured In, Then Made to Carry Out 'Love Scams'

In this case out of the Philippines, some of the scammers were victims themselves

(Newser) - What claimed to be an online gambling firm was, in fact, a scam center that had trapped hundreds of "good-looking" people, who were then forced to woo unsuspecting victims, according to police in the Philippines, who raided the center 60 miles north of Manila on Thursday. Authorities served warrants...

41 Years Later, Mom Still Searching for Missing Son

CNN takes a fresh look into Johnny Gosch's cold case

(Newser) - Johnny Gosch was 12 years old when he went missing one morning in 1982. Forty-one years later, his mother is still searching for him. CNN's Thomas Lake reexamines the notorious cold case that later changed how police investigate missing children. And while theories abound, many of the details of...

After 4 Days, Grounded Plane Finally Leaves Rural France

Indian passengers bound for Nicaragua were caught up in human trafficking allegations

(Newser) - A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation departed on Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left about 300 Indians en route to Central America blocked inside a rural French airport for four days. The unmarked Legend Airlines A340 took off from Vatry Airport...

300 Travelers Held for 3 Days at French Airport

Authorities say they received tip about suspected human trafficking

(Newser) - About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday because of an investigation into suspected human trafficking, authorities said. The 15 crew members of the Legend Airlines charter flight en route from United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua were questioned and...

Man Who Inspired Anti-Trafficking Film Sued Over Alleged Sex Abuse

Tim Ballard, subject of 'Sound of Freedom' movie, is hit with complaint by 5 women

(Newser) - Five women on Monday sued the founder of an anti-child-trafficking group that inspired a popular movie this year, alleging he sexually manipulated, abused, and harassed them on overseas trips designed to lure and catch child sex traffickers. Tim Ballard's life story and work with Operation Underground Railroad inspired Sound ...

Musician Says Airline Accused Him of Trafficking Own Sons

Black singer-songwriter David Ryan Harris says his biracial kids raised red flag with American

(Newser) - A Black musician who's performed with John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band is now on the receiving end of an apology from American Airlines after he says he was accused of trafficking his own kids. In a Sept. 23 Instagram post , David Ryan Harris, 55, said he flew...

Cuba Says It Broke Up Russia's Recruiting Scheme for Troops

Island's government calls operation 'human trafficking'

(Newser) - Cuba announced Tuesday that it has foiled an effort to pull its citizens into Russia's war on Ukraine, labeling the scheme a human trafficking ring. A statement by Cuba's foreign ministry says it has started to prosecute those accused of assisting the effort to recruit people for the...

Mom: Southwest Accused Me of Trafficking My Own Daughter

Mary MacCarthy, who's white, says she and her biracial 10-year-old child were racially profiled

(Newser) - A single mom has sued Southwest, accusing the airline of racial discrimination after a flight attendant suspected she may have been trafficking a child—her own daughter. NBC News reports that Mary MacCarthy, who's white, was traveling with her then-10-year-old daughter, Moira, who's Black, in October 2021 from...

Tucker Carlson's Latest Interview Is Raising Eyebrows

Former Fox host chats with influencer Andrew Tate, detained in Romania on rape, trafficking charges

(Newser) - The ninth installment of Tucker Carlson's Twitter program aired Tuesday, and on it was a surprise guest that even some conservatives were side-eyeing. The former Fox host interviewed a person he called "the most Googled man in the world last year"— Andrew Tate , the misogynistic social-media influencer...

Teen Who Killed Alleged Trafficker Is Resentenced

Pieper Lewis, who could have faced 20 years, again receives probation

(Newser) - A teenage sex trafficking victim who fatally stabbed the man she accused of abusing her was resentenced Wednesday to probation, telling an Iowa judge that she now has a support system to help keep her on track. Prosecutors agreed that Pieper Lewis should continue her probation rather than be incarcerated....

At Least 43 Drown After Wreck Off Italy's Coast

Italian leader blames deaths of migrants on human traffickers

(Newser) - At least 43 migrants perished when their overcrowded wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs just off southern Italy at dawn Sunday, the Italian Coast Guard said. “As of now, 80 persons were recovered alive—some of whom succeeded in reaching the shore after the shipwreck—and 43 bodies were...

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