Human trafficking
Almost half of the victims of human trafficking in Serbia are children
Children are most often exploited through forced begging, committing criminal acts, sexually, at work and through forced marriages.
Migrant crisis
What role does Moscow play in smuggling people from Libya?
A new study sheds light on the process of human smuggling from Libya and what role Moscow plays in it. What are Russia's plans in a country devastated by civil war, does it use migration as a weapon
Criminal
The Tate brothers left Romania: The controversial influencers landed in Florida
Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, accused of human trafficking and rape, left Romania early Thursday (February 27th) and arrived in Florida
The trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs
New charges against Didi: Child abuse and forced sexual relations
American rapper and producer Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing a series of new charges, including molesting an underage boy. Didi was arrested on September 16 on suspicion of running a criminal organization that used drugs and violence to coerce women into sexual activity.
New York
Rapper Puff Diddy arrested for sexual assault and pimping
American rapper and music producer Puff Diddy was arrested in New York after a series of allegations of sexual assault and pimping. The legal avalanche was triggered by a video showing him beating his then-girlfriend Cassandra Ventura
Human trafficking
State Department: Serbia has been stagnating for the third year
The State Department's report stated that the Government of Serbia does not fully meet the minimum standards for combating human trafficking, but that it is making significant efforts to do so.
Human trafficking
Lawyers arrested in Germany who smuggled Chinese citizens
In eight German provinces, more than 1.000 policemen and agents of various services joined the raid. The criminal group charged Chinese citizens five- and six-figure sums in euros
Research
Modern slavery: Women and girls are the most common victims of human trafficking
The Internet and social networks have led to the fact that today the control of victims of human trafficking has taken on a different form. There is less and less physical violence, and more and more psychological violence in the form of blackmail and threats. The penalties for this crime, apart from being small in themselves, are further mitigated by retraining in prostitution mediation
GI-TOC research
Heroin, cocaine and the state apparatus
Serbia ranks third out of 44 countries on the European continent in terms of the prevalence of crime. Only Russia, which is in first place, and Ukraine, which is in second place, have worse positions than it, according to the index of organized crime for 2023 published by the Global Initiative to Combat Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC).
The World
Cuba: Cubans are forced to be part of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine
Cuba is not a participant in the conflict in Ukraine, so it will act decisively against those who are involved in human trafficking with the intention of using weapons, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that country announced.
On the spot: Albania
Crossroads of human trafficking
Labor is recruited in the poorest and most uninhabited areas - for sowing, care during growth, harvesting, drying and packaging of goods before they are exported to Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Greece and Italy. Albanian woman, as the neighboring Slavs call it, is a high-quality plant. In 2016, three years after Prime Minister Edi Rama came to power, Albania rose to seventh place in the world for cannabis production, with a total value estimated at 2,6 percent of GDP, compared to 0,07 to 0,19, XNUMX percent in countries such as France, Germany, Italy or the United Kingdom