Human trafficking

WATCH: Israel Police arrest seven individuals on suspicion of running human trafficking ring

According to Israel Police, the suspects lured the women in with false promises of office jobs and provided them housing before forcing them to provide sexual services.

An Israel Police car, April 13, 2026; illustrative.
 Illustrative image of human trafficking.

Couple arrested for human trafficking after keeping foreign worker under 'slavery conditions'

Migrants from Bangladesh stand in the woods near Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 30, 2020. Hundreds of migrants from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa set up makeshift camps in Bosnian woods near the border with Croatia, attempting to cross into the European Union where they h

Croatian police find bodies of four migrants near Slovene border, aid 15 others

The logo for OnlyFans is seen on a device; illustrative, August 19, 2021.

State attorney rejects request by Israeli NGOs to take steps against OnlyFans


Ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate says Romanian prosecutors have no evidence against him

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate believes the Romanian government has no grounds to hold him.

 Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, January 10, 2023.

Romanian prosecutors take away luxury cars seized in Andrew Tate case

After Tate failed his legal appeal on charged of human trafficking, authorities have begun to seize Tate's cars and properties

 Andrew Tate

Israel recognized 325 human trafficking victims in first five-year report

The Justice Ministry released its first report on human trafficking in Israel. * The report spanned 2017-2021.

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Knesset passes law to combat human trafficking

The Justice Ministry's plan will give the Israeli government the tools to combat human trafficking, the ministry said.

 Minister of Justice Gideon Saar speaks at a swearing in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on March 6, 2022.

What's behind Iran's claims of Iraqi women trafficking crackdown? - analysis

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization was involved in arresting the leader of a “gang” involved in trafficking Iranian women and girls to northern Iraq. 

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.

'Stacks of bodies': 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas

A San Antonio Fire Department official said there were no signs of water in the truck, which was found next to railroad tracks in a remote area in the city.

 Law enforcement officers work at the scene where people were found dead inside a trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, US, June 27, 2022.

Christians: What you can do to help solve the Tx. human trafficking crisis

An interview with Sonia Morales of the Christian NGO Find Our Missing

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Teams search through night for 39 missing from capsized boat off Florida

Incidents of overturned or interdicted vessels crowded with people, many of them Haitians or Cubans seeking to reach the United States, are not uncommon in Florida's waters.

 Key West, FL during a storm.

Nir Gess currently serves as Honorary Consul for Malawi in Israel

Nir Gess currently serves as Honorary Consul for Malawi in Israel. Now, he's helping to provide safe spaces for the female victims of Malawi's human trafficking rings.

 Gess takes President Chakwera on a tour of the tomato greenhouses.

FBI used pics of female office staff as bait in sex trafficking sting

The agent under investigation never obtained written consent from the employees, and he advised them "not tell anyone, including their supervisors, about the undercover operations."

FBI van in Texas