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Oct 31

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Deaths of 39 migrants in a British truck highlight the brutality of human smuggling

By Malcolm Brabant

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Jul 09

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The Epstein case is not an outlier. Child sex trafficking is ‘pervasive’ in the U.S.

New charges against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein have brought renewed attention to the problem of sex trafficking in the U.S. What is the scope of this disturbing criminal underground, and how does it prey on marginalized children? Lisa Desjardins talks to…

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Jul 08

Watch 7:28
The ‘completely unprecedented’ plea deal Jeffrey Epstein made with Alex Acosta

Politically connected financier Jeffrey Epstein is facing up to 45 years in prison on charges he ran a sex-trafficking ring in the early 2000s that included girls as young as 14. Lisa Desjardins talks to former federal prosecutor Elie Honig…

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Apr 17

Watch 8:10
Why growing U.S. drone operations in Niger are controversial

By Mike Cerre

Over the past few years, the U.S. military has increased its activities and broadened its mission in Africa. In Niger, the U.S. Air Force has built a huge new base from which it launches drone operations. But critics worry the…

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Mar 06

WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on human trafficking at U.S. southern border

By Associated Press

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan is among those scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the agency's response to people smuggling at the southern border.

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Feb 22

Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged for soliciting prostitution

By Associated Press

Police in Florida say they have videotape of Kraft paying for a sex act inside an illicit massage parlor.

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Oct 11

WATCH: Trump to speak about human trafficking

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump will deliver remarks Thursday at the annual meeting of the interagency task force to monitor and combat human trafficking. Watch live here.

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Jul 24

How this human trafficking survivor gives women a future at home

By Layla Quran

In the southwestern Cameroonian city of Kumba, Francisca Awah Mbuli and her team walk door-to-door, warning young women about trusting community members who promise them highly paid jobs abroad -- a scheme of human traffickers.

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Apr 26

Watch 8:40
Pimps and traffickers prey on vulnerable Rohingya girls

By Tania Rashid

Since the majority of Rohingya refugees are women and girls, many of whom are poor and without a male breadwinner, they are vulnerable to traffickers looking to make fast money in the Bangladeshi sex trade. Special correspondent Tania Rashid and…

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Oct 17

‘How do I know she’s being forced?’: New exhibit reveals the dark underbelly of human trafficking

By Elizabeth Flock

The startling exhibit in Washington D.C. reveals how labor and sex trafficking is alive and well in the U.S. and around the world.

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