Kenya - Three arrested over trafficking of 21 underage Nepalese girls
Three people have been arrested in connection to the illegal trafficking of 21 underage girls from Nepal and who were working in night clubs.
https://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Three-arrested-trafficking-Nepal-girls/1950946-4673122-9kdyqfz/index.html
Alabama Sheriff under investigation for allegedly having sex with underage girls
An Alabama sheriff was reportedly under investigation Monday after allegations surfaced of sex with underage girls at parties he organized.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/17/alabama-beach-house-sheriff-under-investigation-for-allegedly-having-sex-with-underage-girls-report.html
Didn't know, that Kenya has such a problem with trafficking.
"Kenya is a source, transit and destination country for men, women and children who are trafficked into forced labour and sexual slavery, according to the US State Department."
"Children - mostly adolescent girls - are often trafficked from Kenya's impoverished villages to towns and cities for domestic labour, sex work, street-vending and begging due to poverty and lack of access to secondary education."
News is from July 11, but I didn't see it posted somewhere here, so I post it now. According to the news outlet, It is one of the largest human trafficking cases in Switzerland, so I think it's notable. As the news is written in German, I provide a short translation.
Switzerland -Thai woman convicted of trafficking and prostitution.
It is one of the largest human trafficking cases in Switzerland.
Due to trafficking, a Thai woman in Biel has been sentenced to a prison sentence of 10.5 years.
The Regional Court said the woman also committed to the promotion of prostitution, repeatedly and partially tried, guilty in 29 cases.
There are also convictions for the promotion of unlawful entry and unlawful stay in Switzerland in order to enrich, partially committed committed, in 86 cases, and money laundering, committed commercially.
Source: https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/bern-freiburg-wallis/prozess-in-biel-thailaenderin-wegen-menschenhandel-und-prostitution-verurteilt
News article from last week.
Germany - At least 200 billion euros in human trafficking
Germany is the main consumer in Europe
The federal budget is 330 billion euros, the turnover of trafficking around 200 billion - and there is also a dark figure.
„Germany is the main buyer of the goods man. There are 400,000 prostitutes here. We have degenerated into the brothel of Europe and the women are coming along the Balkan route and the Donau."
Source: https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/alb-donau-kreis/ulm_artikel,-mindestens-200-milliarden-euro-fließen-im-menschenhandel-_arid,10901865.html
Britain is in high-level talks with Ecuador in an attempt to remove Julian Assange from its London embassy
Ministers and senior Foreign Office officials are locked in discussions over the fate of Assange, the founder and editor of WikiLeaks, who claimed political asylum from Ecuador in 2012 and who believes he will be extradited to the United States if he leaves the embassy in Knightsbridge, central London.
https://truepundit.com/britain-is-in-high-level-talks-with-ecuador-in-an-attempt-to-remove-julian-assange-from-its-london-embassy/
The FBI’s top two cybersecurity officials are planning to leave the bureau, the FBI confirmed Thursday.
And just days ago, senior FBI official Jeffrey Tricoli has left his position overseeing a government task force that’s been looking into Russian interference in U.S. elections, according to The Wall Street Journal.
https://truepundit.com/fbis-top-two-cybersecurity-officials-announce-retirement-less-than-week-after-muellers-new-russian-cyber-hacking-indictment/