Argentina

Inside a U.S. and Colombian operation to bust human traffickers – NBC News
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Inside a U.S. and Colombian operation to bust human traffickers – NBC News

On the border between Colombia and Panama, where migrants wait to make their way through the dense and sometimes deadly jungle of the Darien Gap, Americans from the Department of Homeland Security are teaming up with Colombian National Police to take down human smugglers before they can lead migrants north. Migrants camp along the beaches…

Shylock's grip: A spotlight on Chinese debt bondage – dtnext
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Shylock's grip: A spotlight on Chinese debt bondage – dtnext

Editor’s note: lending and how countries and extra-national groups manage their banking is beyond our scope, so this is presented as an opinion piece for you to consider in your research. To be sure, since the start of the made-in-China Covid-19 pandemic, China’s overseas lending for infrastructure projects has been on the decline (until 2019,…

Environment: Too many of us know how debt can take control of what we can and cannot do
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Environment: Too many of us know how debt can take control of what we can and cannot do

The recent mini-budget, overnight, drove millions of people even deeper into poverty, and threatened millions more with poverty for perhaps the first time. By Ci Davis4th Nov 2022, 8:47am  One reason was the huge rise in interest rates resulting from ‘the markets’ being spooked by the proposed ‘unfunded debt’ – massive increases in government spending with…

María Eugenia Vidal: ‘The opposition has to be able to compete in a PASO without hostility’
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María Eugenia Vidal: ‘The opposition has to be able to compete in a PASO without hostility’

National lawmaker and former Buenos Aires Province governor María Eugenia Vidal has been touring the country and outlining her ambitions for 2023. “I feel that my next step is the presidency and I am preparing for it,” she explains in an interview. Have you read [Mauricio] Macri’s book Para qué? Yes, I read it and…

Davis calls on UN to ‘step up’ on human trafficking
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Davis calls on UN to ‘step up’ on human trafficking

By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter [email protected] AS he spoke of his administration’s plans to fortify the country’s borders in a bid to stave off increased migrant crossings, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis revealed that The Bahamas opted not to sign a declaration that suggested nations host undocumented people last June. While 20 countries signed…

ALERT: McAllister Olivarius Investigates Human Trafficking Yoga Sect
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ALERT: McAllister Olivarius Investigates Human Trafficking Yoga Sect

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A Judge in Argentina has indicted 19 individuals for criminal conspiracy, human trafficking with the purpose of sexual exploitation, money laundering and smuggling in relation to their involvement in a yoga school in Buenos Aires. The Yoga school, which had offices in New York, Las Vegas, and Chicago,…

Legitimate Businesses Used as Fronts for Human Trafficking in Argentina – InSight Crime
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Legitimate Businesses Used as Fronts for Human Trafficking in Argentina – InSight Crime

By InSight Crime Argentina continues to struggle with a human trafficking crisis as domestic and international criminal networks use a range of legal businesses to hide their activities and elude authorities. In a recent case, Argentine authorities dismantled an international human trafficking network in early September, arresting three people accused of trafficking women to Turkey…

Shedding Light on Human Trafficking Around the World at the U.N.
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Shedding Light on Human Trafficking Around the World at the U.N.

July 30, 2022, marked the U.N.’s annual event, the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Ahead of this event, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres lamented the fact that the scourge of human trafficking is “a problem that is growing worse – especially for women and girls, who represent the majority of detected trafficked persons globally.” As…

End the global debt bondage – UCA News
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End the global debt bondage – UCA News

Write off foreign debt of poor nations and in return cancel climate debt owed by rich nations to the poor The Church’s social teachings need to be practiced, according to Pope Francis. “The price of unbearable sacrifices” is the debt of human suffering imposed on the poor and exploited caused by international debt, he said….