Trafficking

Germany smashes human trafficking ring ‘that smuggled hundreds’

Berlin — German police said they smashed a human trafficking network on Wednesday accused of smuggling hundreds of people... Read more

7 Jun, 2023

Bangkok — Asian drug trafficking networks are increasingly using sea routes to smuggle methamphetamines out of Myanmar and ramping... Read more

2 Jun, 2023

Dakar – Sahel countries need to do more to fight the trafficking of firearms, which largely originate from national... Read more

16 Feb, 2023

Dakar – Up to 50 percent of medicines in West Africa are substandard or fake, the UN warned Tuesday... Read more

1 Feb, 2023

Vienna – Evidence is emerging that climate-related disasters are becoming a cause of human trafficking as criminal gangs exploit... Read more

24 Jan, 2023

Abidjan – An Interpol-led operation in West Africa has “rescued” 90 victims of sexual exploitation and forced labour, including... Read more

22 Dec, 2022

Lagos – Police in southern Nigeria said they have rescued 15 children from a suspected human trafficker who claimed... Read more

8 Sep, 2022

Kinshasa – The United States has targeted eight people from the Democratic Republic of Congo with visa restrictions for... Read more

14 Dec, 2021