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DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Rescue operations are ongoing to find dozens more missing, local authorities say. At least 54 African refugees and migrants have died and dozens remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to health authorities in Abyan governorate in the south of the country. Abdul Qader Bajamil, director of…
Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice in the abuse of underage girls by high-society sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved to a minimum security facility in Texas, the United States Bureau of Prisons said, triggering an angry reaction from some of the pair’s victims. Maxwell, a former girlfriend of Epstein, was moved from the Federal Correctional…
Children take part in a cultural programme held as part of an event to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, in Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Despite stronger laws and expansion of rescue efforts, a disturbing gap between rescue and prosecution continues to plague India’s fight against human trafficking, especially when…
K.K. Amarnath, member secretary, DLSA, Mysuru, and others at the inauguration of an event marking the ‘World Day Against Human Trafficking’ in Mysuru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: M.A. SRIRAM Expressing concern over the prevalence of human trafficking in society, K.K. Amarnath, Senior Civil Judge, said that the situation has come to such a pass…
Agency says gangs caused $37bn in losses in Asia as they gain new footholds in Africa, South America, and Middle East. Asian cybercrime syndicates have caused an estimated $37bn in losses in the East and Southeast Asian regions, with the United Nations warning that the reach of the criminal networks is expanding globally. In a…
Development comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the controversial influencers were not welcome in the state. Authorities in the United States have announced the launch of a criminal investigation into controversial social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate. James Uthmeier, the attorney general for the US state of Florida, said on Tuesday that he…
US has intensified crackdown on illegal immigrants following Trump’s new term. Patel, whose real passport had expired in 2016, was arrested on arrival in Delhi for misuse of passport and cheating by impersonation AHMEDABAD: AC Patel from Gujarat had become Mohammad Najir Hussain of Pakistan – but only for a moment. And in that moment,…
A US military aircraft carrying illegal Indian immigrants upon its landing at the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Two more United States flights carrying more illegal Indian immigrants are scheduled to land in Punjab’s Amritsar on February 15-16.A United States flight carrying second batch of 119 illegal Indian immigrants is…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday endorsed US President Donald Trump‘s crackdown on illegal immigration and reiterated that “Those who stay in other countries illegally do not have any legal right to be there.”During a joint press conference with Trump following their bilateral meeting, PM Modi said the government is ready to take those citizens…
Islamabad, Pakistan – Rehan Aslam’s family ran a transport and car rental business, and grocery stores. Rehan helped run those businesses. But five months ago, the 34-year-old sold his car, a Toyota Hiace wagon, for 4.5 million rupees ($16,000) to pay an agent who would help him leave behind his life in his village, Jora, in…
