USA Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in December of helping the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse several teenage girls. 02/04/2022
Scenes Meet the Nepali teenagers raising awareness of human trafficking "If I would have been trafficked, I have no clue how my life would be now. I still fear when I think of what happened. Where would I be now?" 07/03/2022
Nature Is social media really the ‘new eBay’ for endangered cheetahs? A sad truth lies behind the cute images of these big cats spread across social media. 30/01/2022
Germany Trial begins of 22-year-old German woman who joined IS group in Syria The young woman is charged with complicity in crimes against humanity after being repatriated with her two children. 25/01/2022
Hungary Seven dead after migrant-carrying vehicle slams into shop at speed The vehicle had fled a police check. It later hit a flower shop at full speed and turned over. The impact partially destroyed a wall. 14/12/2021
USA Former Epstein staffer says teen accusers visited mansion Two women who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teens were repeated visitors to his Palm Beach mansion, a former staffer said at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial. 03/12/2021
USA Ghislaine Maxwell: 1st accuser testifies at British socialite's trial A woman testified that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was often in the room when the witness, then just 14, had sexual interactions with the financier Jeffrey Epstein. 01/12/2021
USA Maxwell, Epstein were 'partners in crime,' prosecutor says Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were “partners in crime” in the sexual abuse of teenage girls, a prosecutor said on Monday, while Maxwell’s lawyers said she was being made a scapegoat for a man’s bad behaviour. 30/11/2021
world news Arrests after raids at EU farms and vineyards over labour exploitation Police raids were carried out at 704 locations in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Spain. 05/10/2021
Italy Italian police arrest man over deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in UK Police in Italy say they have arrested a Romanian man in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in the back of a truck in the UK in 2019. 12/06/2021
Belgium Dozens of migrants rescued off the coast of Belgium Forty-nine migrants, mostly of Vietnamese origin and thought to be heading for England by boat, were rescued off the coast of Belgium on Wednesday morning, according to Bruges' prosecutor. 19/05/2021
Europe News Europe must tackle organised crime head-on, says EU commissioner The European Commission unveiled a new strategy this week to tackle organised crime and combat human trafficking. 15/04/2021
Eco-Innovation Electronic 'noses' are being used to sniff out wildlife traffickers Animals smuggled in luggage and mail may soon be saved with the help of one of Australia's most trafficked species. 25/03/2021
United Kingdom Four men jailed for 78 years over migrant deaths in Essex lorry The four men were sentenced for 39 counts of manslaughter relating to Vietnamese migrants found dead in the back of a lorry in the UK. 22/01/2021
Green News Traffickers are smuggling reptiles into Europe ‘under their clothes’ Rare tortoise species can be worth up to €30,000 when sold on the black market. 13/11/2020
Greece Greek police accuse 33 NGO members of migrant smuggling Authorities said the investigation began several months ago and included Greece's intelligence service and anti-terror police. Neither the names of the NGOs nor the nationalities of those involved were made public. 29/09/2020
France Migrants exploited harvesting grapes in Champagne region, court hears Six people and three companies have gone on trial in France, accused of exploiting migrants to harvest grapes for major winemakers in the Champagne region in 2018. 03/07/2020
world news Over 19k artefacts seized in art trafficking crackdown, says Europol The operation was carried out across 103 countries and led to the arrest of 101 suspects. 07/05/2020
United Kingdom Essex lorry: Eamonn Harrison to be extradited to face charges The 22-year-old was arrested on a European arrest warrant for a number of charges, including 39 counts of manslaughter. 24/01/2020
United Kingdom London police arrest 20 people in large human trafficking bust Police in the UK have arrested 20 people on suspicion of human trafficking and modern slavery following an invesitgation in London. 05/12/2019
Vietnam Vietnam mourns 39 who died trying to make it to Britain Mourning ceremonies have been held in Vietnam for the 39 people who suffocated in a truck while attempting to make an illegal trip to Britain. 30/11/2019
Vietnam Essex lorry: Funerals begin as remains of 16 victims return to Vietnam The remains of 16 people who died in the back of a lorry container in Essex have arrived in Vietnam. 27/11/2019
Greece Police find 41 migrants inside refrigerated truck in northern Greece Police in northern Greece have discovered dozens of migrants hiding in a refrigerated truck outside the town of Xanthi. 04/11/2019
Vietnam Vietnam arrests eight people in connection with Essex truck deaths Vietnamese authorities have arrested eight people in connection with the deaths of 39 people who were found in the back of a truck container in Essex. 04/11/2019
United Kingdom New arrest over UK truck deaths after claims Vietnamese among victims Police have made a fourth arrest over the discovery of 39 bodies in a truck in Essex, but have yet to comment on claims by worried families that Vietnamese citizens are among the dead. 25/10/2019
Pakistan Pakistani girls trafficked to China 'exaggerated' stories: Pakistan FM In an interview with Euronews, Pakistan's Foreign Minister said reports that Pakistani Christian children were being trafficked into China were stories "planted" to cause friction between the two countries. 25/06/2019
