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Ohio Anti-Human Trafficking Sting Nets 161 Arrests

October 5, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

An Ohio sting operation setup to combat human trafficking has resulted in 161 Arrests. A total of 51 human trafficking victims were provided assistance and services from health care and social services organizations. Among those arrested in the sting were: …

Chinese Father Reunited With Son Abducted 24 Years Ago

July 14, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A father in China has been reunited with his son who was abducted 24 years ago as a two-year-old. A video released by state-run China News Service showed Guo Gangtang in tears in a police station where he reunited with …

Matt Gaetz Associate Joel Greenberg Pleads Guilty to Six Federal Charges, Including Child Sex Trafficking

May 18, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Joel Greenberg, a longtime associate of Republican Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz and a former Seminole County tax collector, pleaded guilty on May 17 to six federal charges, including child sex trafficking. Greenberg entered his plea of guilt to six of …

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Sex Trafficking Trial Delayed

May 4, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A United States judge has postponed until autumn the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell on charges of trafficking teenage girls for late financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan on May 3 has granted Maxwell’s request to delay …

At Least Three Dead, 27 Hospitalized After Suspected Human Smuggling Boat Capsized Off San Diego

May 3, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

At least three people died and 27 have been hospitalized after a boat capsized on May 2 during a suspected human smuggling operation off the coast of San Diego, authorities said. The 40-foot cabin cruiser “broke up” near the Cabrillo …

China ‘Sending Uighur Children to Orphanages’ Claims Amnesty International

March 19, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

China has allegedly been separating Uighur families and sending children to state-run orphanages, rights group Amnesty International claims. Amnesty said it spoke to six exiled families who were separated from their children against their will, and cannot return in fear …

Libyan Army Frees More than 100 Human Trafficking Victims

March 11, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The Libyan military has rescued at least 120 migrants captured by human traffickers in the town of Bani Walid, in a statement on Wednesday. The 444th Brigade said, “our forces were capable of releasing a number of hostages in Bani …

Twenty Dead After Smugglers Threw Eighty African Refugees Overboard

March 4, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The International Organisation for Migration says at least 20 people have died after smugglers threw 80 migrants and refugees overboard on a voyage from Djibouti to Yemen. So far, five bodies have been recovered and the survivors are receiving treatment …

Former U.S. Gymnastics Coach Charged With Human Trafficking, Dies by Suicide

February 26, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Former United States Gymnastics Coach John Geddert dies by suicide hours after being criminally charged in Michigan on Feb. 25 for human trafficking. According to Kelly Rossman-McKinney, a spokesperson for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, state police officers found Geddert’s …

Trinidad and Tobago will Impose Stronger Penalties on Trafficking of Venezuelans

December 18, 2020 by Fourth Estate Wire

The government of Trinidad and Tobago announces on Friday morning it would impose stiffer penalties on those trafficking migrants from Venezuela, a couple of days after a Venezuelan boat headed to the Caribbean nation sank, killing 30 people including women and children.

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