JPMorgan alerted US government to $1bn Epstein transactions linked to ‘human trafficking’
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JPMorgan alerted US government to $1bn Epstein transactions linked to ‘human trafficking’

JPMorgan Chase notified the US Treasury Department of $1bn in transactions related to “human trafficking” made by Jeffrey Epstein after his death in 2019, a lawyer for the US Virgin Islands said at a recent court hearing. Attorney Mimi Liu told federal court judge Jed Rakoff that the Wall St giant informed the US Government…

Government, Civil Society & Scientology Combating Human Trafficking in South Africa: Some Challenges and Efforts in 2023
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Government, Civil Society & Scientology Combating Human Trafficking in South Africa: Some Challenges and Efforts in 2023

Glory Matipile is featured in an episode of Voices for Humanity on the Scientology Network. Scientology and its members are more and more involved in fighting human trafficking in different ways. Human Righs education and collaborative skills are key. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, July 20, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — Scientology and its members are more and more involved…

Inside the Government’s Failing Program to Protect Farmworkers
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Inside the Government’s Failing Program to Protect Farmworkers

Editor’s Note: This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and was originally published by Investigate Midwest.   In early 2019 in Illinois, a farmworker, his wife and his son lived in a moldy house. Attempting to keep the winter cold at bay, he’d spray-foamed the windows shut. The toilet often malfunctioned. Unlike most farmworker housing,…

Government of Romania Holds “Common Challenges and New perspectives in Fighting Trafficking in Persons” Conference
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Government of Romania Holds “Common Challenges and New perspectives in Fighting Trafficking in Persons” Conference

“I don’t think there has been a clearer and stronger moment for Romania than this to assume the commitment at the highest level of the Executive to combat human trafficking. The coordination of the anti-trafficking fight has been at the level of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery for more than two years and the results are…

Student Government Association advocates for JMU students during recent trip to Richmond
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Student Government Association advocates for JMU students during recent trip to Richmond

The JMU Student Government Association (SGA) took a trip to Richmond, Virginia, to advocate for three pertinent categories of student interest with state legislators, including students’ well-being, campus safety and access and affordability during its biannual advocacy trip Feb. 8. Through months of time and effort, senior Grace Smith, SGA’s legislative affairs chair, said SGA…

Federal government investigating possible human trafficking of children who cleaned slaughterhouses
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Federal government investigating possible human trafficking of children who cleaned slaughterhouses

Federal investigators are looking into whether 50 children — some as young as 13 — who were allegedly illegally employed cleaning Midwestern slaughterhouses were victims of labor trafficking, three officials from the Department of Homeland Security told NBC News. Homeland Security Investigations agents have interviewed children who worked cleaning a JBS Foods slaughterhouse in Grand…

Government intensifies steps to prevent human trafficking: Minister – ANTARA News
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Government intensifies steps to prevent human trafficking: Minister – ANTARA News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Professor Mahfud MD stated that the government was intensifying efforts and taking prompt action regarding the prevention of human trafficking. “Now, we are intensively making preparations to handle it quicker,” the minister noted in Jakarta on Monday. He made the statement while attending…

Uyghur Rights Group Fails in Legal Challenge Against UK Government
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Uyghur Rights Group Fails in Legal Challenge Against UK Government

LONDON — A Uyghur rights group’s legal challenge against the British government for not investigating the import of cotton produced in the Chinese region of Xinjiang was dismissed by a London court Friday. The World Uyghur Congress, an international organization of exiled Uyghur groups, had taken legal action at London’s High Court against Britain’s Home…

UK government lost 176 Albanian child asylum seekers, didn't notify Tirana
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UK government lost 176 Albanian child asylum seekers, didn't notify Tirana

Out of 200 asylum-seeking children that have gone missing from hotels provided by the British Government, 88% were Albanian, according to Minister Lord Murray, sparking outrage in Tirana over the lack of responsibility from UK authorities and the fact that they were not notified. “The Home Office have no power to detain unaccompanied asylum-seeking children…

Federal government investigating possible trafficking of children who cleaned Grand Island slaughterhouse
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Federal government investigating possible trafficking of children who cleaned Grand Island slaughterhouse

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (NBC News) – Federal investigators are looking into whether 50 children — some as young as 13 — who were allegedly illegally employed cleaning Midwestern slaughterhouses were victims of labor trafficking, three officials from the Department of Homeland Security told NBC News. Homeland Security Investigations agents have interviewed children who worked cleaning…