Judges to decide if 300 possible victims of trafficking from India should remain grounded in France

PARIS — Judges will decide Sunday whether about 300 Indian citizens, suspected of being victims of human trafficking, should continue to be sequestered in a small French airport. En route to Central America, the passengers have been held at Vatry airport — in Champagne country — since Thursday after a dramatic police operation prompted by … Read more

Pornhub owner pays US government $1.8M to resolve sex trafficking probe

Pornhub’s parent company Aylo Holdings will pay $1.8 million to the U.S. government to resolve a charge of profiting off of sex trafficking. The company, formerly known as MindGeek, will enter a deferred prosecution agreement, which means that a monitor will be appointed to oversee Aylo and its compliance efforts for three years. Pornhub and … Read more

About 300 Indian travelers are stuck in a French airport in a human trafficking probe

VATRY, France — About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday after a dramatic police operation prompted by a tip that those aboard might be victims of human trafficking, authorities said. Those aboard included children and families. The youngest passenger is a toddler of … Read more

Pornhub parent company fined $1.8 million over sex trafficking charge

Pornhub’s parent company, Aylo, is facing a $1.8 million fine plus victim compensation after admitting it made money off of content showing victims of sex trafficking. The company was arraigned in a Brooklyn federal court on Thursday on a charge of “engaging in unlawful money transactions involving sex trafficking proceeds.” Aylo, formerly known as MindGeek, … Read more

Family shares 5 photos showing how daughter escaped sex trafficking

DALLAS – Standing around the kitchen table, everyone agrees, the large clear zip-lock bag the North Texas parents are holding is disturbing. The contents are telling. “… a shirt, some underwear, a makeup brush,…” says Brooke Morris who has collected these items from her teenage daughter’s room. Investigators had asked them to put it together … Read more

A Thai senator linked to a Myanmar tycoon is indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering

BANGKOK — State prosecutors in Thailand indicted a member of the country’s Senate on six charges involving narcotics trafficking, money laundering and association with a transnational criminal organization, said a statement received Friday from the attorney-general’s office. The senator, Upakit Pachariyangkun, denied all the charges when he appeared Thursday at criminal court in Bangkok, and … Read more

Romanian court rejects influencer Andrew Tate’s request to return assets seized in trafficking case

A court in Romania has rejected a request by influencer Andrew Tate to return assets that were seized during investigations into the case in which he is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women ByThe Associated Press December 11, 2023, 12:22 PM BUCHAREST, Romania — A court in … Read more

Ne-Yo Serves 200 Single Mothers, Trafficking Victims At Atlanta’s City Of Refuge

Play video content TMZ.com Ne-Yo is no stranger to giving back and this holiday season he’s undeniably in his element … helping out some of the community’s most vulnerable citizens. Ne-Yo was serving food to roughly 150 to 200 people Wednesday at City of Refuge Atlanta … helping those who came for a Thanksgiving meal … Read more

Brother-in-law of Stacey Abrams, federal judge’s husband charged with human trafficking

The brother-in-law of two-time Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and the husband of Georgia Federal Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner is facing human trafficking charges. On Friday, Jimmie Gardner, 57, was arrested in Tampa, Florida after a 16-year-old girl said she had been involved in sexual acts with him inside a hotel room. Tampa police say … Read more

Cassie Settles Rape, Human Trafficking Lawsuit with Diddy ‘Amicably’

And just like that it’s over … Cassie and her ex, Diddy, are settling the bombshell lawsuit she filed just one day ago, alleging he’d raped her and engaged in human trafficking … and they say they’re doing it “amicably.” Both parties released statements late Friday night saying the legal war was over. Cassie said, … Read more