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An international law enforcement investigation has led to the arrest of over 60 people involved in an intercontinental criminal network that, in some cases, transferred female Cuban migrants to criminal groups for sexual exploitation. According to Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, the criminal network smuggled over 5,000 Cuban nationals into the…
Stephanie Hunter McMahon of the University of Cincinnati College of Law discusses why labor performed by incarcerated workers should be subject to tax. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: prisoners’ dilemma. On…
The European Anti-trafficking Day, 18 October, was celebrated in Skopje through awareness raising about online trafficking and abuse of children and a two-day training of trainers on supporting and protecting child victims of trafficking. The activities were supported by the joint action of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Preventing and combating human…
With the aim to support investigative journalism to tell fact-based, gender- sensitive and victim-oriented stories about human trafficking, 13 stories were published by local journalists and media reporters from North Macedonia. Supported by the EU and Council of Europe joint action “Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking in North Macedonia” this initiative assisted local media representatives…
A new report on global slavery ranks Uzbekistan and Pakistan among the five worst offenders in terms of the number of people forced into modern slavery. With its forced labor in the cotton fields, Uzbekistan also was estimated to be the world’s second-worst country when ranked by the prevalence of slavery in proportion to the…
General view of the Europol building in The Hague, Netherlands December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier AMSTERDAM, July 5 (Reuters) – Police across Europe have arrested abut 130 people suspected of involvement in human trafficking in a joint operation carried out by 22 countries, the international police agency Europol said on Tuesday. The police actions, which…
The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, GRETA, an independent monitoring group, said in a report for the Council of Europe published on Tuesday that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s has improved legislation to combat human trafficking but it needs to be implemented more effectively to ensure protection and justice for victims. The…
Vienna (Austria), 31 May 2022 – Migrants on their way from Asia to Europe are being forced to work in the construction, agriculture, and hospitality sectors by human traffickers who abuse their irregular status and fear of deportation. Children, often exploited by their own family members, are compelled to commit crimes that include pickpocketing, robbery,…
Skopje, (North Macedonia) 9-10 December 2021 – Crimes that cross borders can only be stopped through cross border cooperation. This was the main message of the Regional Expert Group Meeting on countering migrant smuggling in Skopje, North Macedonia. The event, which was organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the…
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