Human Trafficking: Over 831 victims rescued, 31 prosecutions, 13 convictions in 2021- HTS head reveals

Over the past few years, Ghana has been known to be a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking.

Out of a population of 28 million;133 000 people are estimated to be living in modern slavery in Ghana.

Though, the government of Ghana in recent years has put in place measures to mitigate human trafficking in the country.

It is in this vein that the Human Trafficking Secretariat (HTS) seeks Expertise France support to conduct a 3-day training for some law enforcement officers and social workers in the Oti and Volta Regions following the monitoring visits.

This project, funded by the European Union through the European Union Emergency Trust Fund and France, is built around four components (namely the institutional and operational consolidation of interdepartmental bodies fighting against human trafficking, law enforcement, protection of victims, and regional cooperation), and aims to support the effective implementation of the NPA.

The general purpose of this training is to enhance the basic skills of law enforcement agencies and social workers with regard to the identification and management of human trafficking cases. It would also allow the HTS to further educate the targeted participants on the relevant laws relating to human trafficking.

Ms. Abena Annobea Asare, head of the human trafficking Secretariat at the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP) indicated that over 831 victims were rescued 31 prosecutions and 13 convictions were gained in 2021.

Speaking on behalf of Director MOGCSP, Dr. Asizah Zakariah, she said, the training is very important to equip men in uniform and on the ground in the fight against human trafficking in the country.

According to Ms. Abena Annobea Asare, traffickers have developed a new way of deceiving people into trafficking especially young girls; adding that human trafficking is the largest trade globally in the black market hence the training.

"In all 300 officers have been trained to set up desks and units to fight against human trafficking. We want to build strong units therefore that the other units that are not strong enough in the fight against trafficking will be strengthened and work with strong units to fight against trafficking in the country".

She commended the Volta region anti-human trafficking unit and Attorney General's office for tremendous work done in combating human trafficking in the region.

https://www.modernghana.com/news/1156444/human-trafficking-over-831-victims-rescued-31.html

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Husband and Wife who Conspired with Jared Fogle to Sexually Exploit Children are Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/husband-and-wife-who-conspired-jared-fogle-sexually-exploit-children-are-sentenced

British Man Charged with Attempted Online Enticement of Minor and Travel with the Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/british-man-charged-attempted-online-enticement-minor-and-travel-intent-engage-illicit

Coffeen, Illinois, Man Sentenced to 168 Months in Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdil/pr/coffeen-illinois-man-sentenced-168-months-prison-receipt-child-pornography

Richard Wayne Hejda, 55, 116 Mountain View Spur, Chatsworth, was charged Sunday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with two counts of sexual battery against a child under 16.

https://www.dailycitizen.news/news/local_news/area-arrests-for-may-10/article_eb169a2e-cf9f-11ec-bc27-1362c491f670.html

Springfield, Illinois, Man Sentenced to 96 months in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Use of Interstate Facilities to Attempt to Transmit Information about a Minor

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdil/pr/springfield-illinois-man-sentenced-96-months-prison-attempted-enticement-minor-and-use

Chicopee Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Offense

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/chicopee-man-pleads-guilty-child-pornography-offense

South Carolina Man Charged in Connection with Transporting Minor to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity

https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/south-carolina-man-charged-connection-transporting-minor-engage-criminal-sexual-activity

US-Israeli cyber firm uncovers ‘massive’ Chinese-backed industrial espionage ring

Cybereason says group is ‘one of the most prolific and industrious’ in cyber threat landscape, targeted dozens of tech and manufacturing companies on 3 continents

An Israeli-American cybersecurity firm said Monday that it uncovered a “massive” hacking operation, apparently led by a hacking group believed to be backed by China, that had engaged in intellectual property (IP) theft and industrial espionage on three continents.

Cybereason, which is headquartered in Boston with offices in Tel Aviv, London, and Tokyo, said the group employed sophisticated methods and worked in an elusive manner to target technology and manufacturing companies in the US, Europe, and Asia and steal sensitive proprietary information.

Assaf Dahan, senior director and head of threat research at Cybereason, told The Times of Israel that the ring, known as the Winnti Group (and also tracked as APT41, Blackfly and Barium in cybersecurity circles) was “one of the most prolific and industrious groups in the cyber threat landscape,” and is known to operate on behalf of Chinese state interests.

The group has been active since at least 2010. Some known members of the group were indicted in 2020 by the US Department of Justice for computer crimes against some 100 companies in the US and other countries, including software development companies, computer hardware manufacturers, telecommunications providers, and gaming firms.

Dahan said Cybereason’s research showed that the Winnti Group engaged in “intellectual property theft and cyber espionage on a grand scale” since at least 2019, and possibly before. Cybereason began its research into the group’s industrial espionage operations last year, having been alerted by one of the targeted companies that something “funky” was afoot in its network, said Dahan, who is based in London.

He explained that Cybereason researchers were able to observe the group’s efforts to obtain sensitive data such as patent and product details, source codes, tech blueprints, and manufacturing instructions in real-time.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-israeli-cyber-firm-uncovers-massive-chinese-backed-industrial-espionage-ring/

But China got all its tech/hacking tools from Israel who stole them off the US - cover story?

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==Huawei reportedly acquires Israeli IT networking company Toga Networks for $150

million==

December 7, 2016

https://venturebeat.com/2016/12/07/huawei-reportedly-acquires-israeli-it-networking-co

mpany-toga-networks-for-150-million

Israeli chipmaker taps Baidu to enhance driverless car technology

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Israeli-chipmaker-taps-Baidu-to-enhance-drive

rless-car-technology

==Bank Leumi and Chinese Insurance Giant Ping An to Cooperate in Promoting Israeli

High-Tech in China==

March 22, 2017

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170322005879/en/Bank-Leumi-Chinese-Ins

urance-Giant-Ping-Cooperate

Chinese TV Series Lauds Israel: The Alliance Between China and Zionism

Aug 18, 2010

https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2010/08/18/chinese-tv-series-lauds-israel-the-allian

ce-between-china-and-zionism/view-all/

Jack Ma receives honorable doctoral degree at Tel Aviv University in Israel

2018-05-04

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/04/c_137156341.htm

China's Baidu makes first investment in Israeli start-up

December 7, 2014

https://www.reuters.com/article/pixellot-baidu/chinas-baidu-makes-first-investment-in-isra

eli-start-up-idUSL6N0TR04X20141207

Alibaba invests in AI ecommerce search platform Twiggle

01 June 2016

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/06/01/alibaba-invests-ai-ecommerce-search-platfor

m-twiggle

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba to open Israel R&D center

OCTOBER 12, 2017

https://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Chinese-ecommerce-giant-Alibaba-to-ope

n-Israel-R-and-D-center-507267

==Alibaba Invests $26 Million In Israeli Database Innovator In Outreach To High-Tech

Nation==

May 30, 2018

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccafannin/2018/05/30/alibaba-invests-26-million-in-isra

eli-database-innovator-in-outreach-to-high-tech-nation/#5c476ff85973

Chinese Investments in Israeli Tech Mapped

18.01.19

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3754524,00.html

Israel Selling China Military Technology, C.I.A. Chief Asserts

Oct. 12, 1993

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/12/world/israel-selling-china-military-technology-cia-ch

ief-asserts.html

Israel Passes U.S. Military Technology to China

24 Dec 2013

https://www.military.com/defensetech/2013/12/24/report-israel-passes-u-s-military-techn

ology-to-china

Flashback: Bill Clinton gave China missile technology

December 21, 2016

https://capitalresearch.org/article/flashback-bill-clinton-gave-china-missile-technology/

Baidu Tracking Online Behavior to Assign Credit Score to Users

02.02.18

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3731004,00.html

Technion Becomes First Israeli University to Open Campus in China

December 19, 2017

http://www.algemeiner.com/2017/12/19/technion-becomes-first-israeli-university-to-open

-campus-in-china/

Taco Bell announces 'Drag Brunch' events at several locations around the U.S.

Taco Bell announced last month that it plans to hold "Drag Brunch" events at several restaurant locations around the U.S.

"Each show will be hosted by the fabulous drag performer and taco extraordinaire, Kay Sedia, and feature performances from local queens and kings that will transform any morning from Mild to Fire!" according to a Taco Bell press release. "As a brand that brings people together, the Taco Bell Drag Brunch experience is rooted in celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community and creating safe and welcoming spaces for all."

The events will be held at Taco Bell Cantinas in several cities. According to the Taco Bell website, Taco Bell Cantina restaurants feature "a fancy new look, open kitchen, custom menu and specialty alcoholic beverages like beer, wine, sangria and liquor versions of our classic Freezes."

The first event took place on May 1 in Las Vegas. There are also events scheduled for Chicago and Nashville later this month. "Taco Bell Drag Brunch" events are scheduled to take place in New York and Fort Lauderdale in June.

"We understand the importance of creating safe spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community and are thrilled to provide a unique experience that spotlights and celebrates the wonderful artform of drag and its influence in culture with their chosen families," Taco Bell global chief brand officer Sean Tresvant said, according to the press release. "Taco Bell Drag Brunch was concepted by Live Más Pride, Taco Bell’s LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Group, which has played a major role in driving awareness of and meaningfully supporting LGBTQIA+ communities both within Taco Bell and the communities we serve and operate in."

In response to a Taco Bell tweet advertising "Drag Brunch," someone commented, "I've never NOT wanted a Taco Bell brunch more."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/taco-bell-drag-brunch-lgbt

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Nice anon, maybe you can do a historical version with this attached file, it's a little dated but contains pure evil predators

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same tune as the Queen

Why Won’t Anyone Talk About The One Neo-Nazi Battalion In Ukraine?

What appeared to be a man in a green shirt marked “AZOV” laid on the ground on a stretcher, some of his fingers blackened, covered in blood and dislocated from his right hand.

The video, posted on the Azov Regiment’s Telegram channel, claimed the man was an Azov soldier that had been injured evacuating civilians from Russian attack.

The regiment has been quietly under fire for years from the U.S. government for having alleged neo-Nazi ties. The House voted in 2018 to ban funding of “arms, training, or other assistance” to the Azov Regiment. Forty House Democrats requested in 2019 for the Azov Regiment to be designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department, but were not successful in doing so. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his justification for waging war in Ukraine on Feb. 24, seemingly pointed to the group when he said one of Russia’s goals was to “denazify” Ukraine.

Asking questions about the regiment’s insignia, rhetoric and activities, and how they tie into “neo-Nazi” allegations, is seemingly taboo and unspeakable at all costs.

“What is there to stop if there are no neo-Nazi behaviors,” Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, told the Daily Caller on Thursday in an interview, calling the allegations “Russian propaganda.” Markarova said Ukraine has tried to tell Congress “information about Azov” and has “invited people to come and see how they train.”

“They were defending our country…,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview, adding that when they were established in 2014, they did violate “laws of Ukraine” and some got prison sentences. Now they are part of the Ukrainian military, and are “no longer a self-established group,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with Bret Baier.

The Daily Caller contacted experts at the Wilson Center, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, American Enterprise Institute, the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the Renew Democracy Initiative, the International Centre for Policy Studies, the Atlantic Council, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, the Anti-Defamation League, Brookings, Chatham House, the American Foreign Policy Council, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the White House, the Pentagon and finally the State Department.

No one was willing to give an on-the-record response about the regiment.

Reports indicate that the regiment’s insignia, members and recruitment strategies appear to blatantly promote neo-Nazi ideology. However, Putin’s stress on Ukraine’s ties with neo-Nazism vastly overstates the degree to which it is prevalent in Ukraine’s society and armed forces, and doesn’t account for the similar movements taking place in Russia.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/05/09/neo-nazis-azov-battalion-putin-russia-ukraine-denazification/

Ron Johnson opens probe into CDC tracking Americans through phone data

Johnson said the tracking "really raises some very serious constitutional issues."

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is investigating the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for tracking millions of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CDC paid one company $420,000 to access location data for at least 20 million cell phones a day, a Vice Motherboard investigation revealed last week. While the CDC claimed it needed access to the data to fight COVID, documents show the data was used "to support non-COVID-19 programmatic areas and public health priorities."

Johnson criticized the CDC's phone tracking efforts Monday on "Just the News – Not Noise."

"Just because data exists, doesn't mean that the government should be using it to track Americans, I would think that that really raises some very serious constitutional issues," Johnson noted.

In a letter to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Thursday, Johnson wrote, "It remains unclear why the CDC tracked millions of Americans during the pandemic and whether it continues to do so. In response to COVID-19, the CDC should have been prioritizing the development of treatments, effective testing, and vaccine safety rather than tracking Americans’ daily lives."

He demanded answers from the CDC on the purchase and use of location data, including whether the agency used other mechanisms to monitor Americans throughout the pandemic.

Johnson told editor-in-chief John Solomon, "I think the government is becoming way too big, and way too powerful."

The Wisconsin Republican serves as ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He said he sent out dozens of oversight letters to federal agencies to ask about their COVID response, but has gotten "very few answers."

Since serving as Homeland Security Committee chair, "congressional oversight has been dramatically weakened, mainly because we have no enforcement mechanism," Johnson said.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/sen-ron-johnson-investigates-cdc-tracking-americans-phones