Sex trafficking
Lebanon doesn't meet minimum standard for eliminating human trafficking, US State Dept. finds
Lebanon failed to approve a National Action Plan, provided only fragmented data on trafficking cases and victim identification, and failed to adequately screen potential trafficking victims.
Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to throw out conviction for aiding Jeffrey Epstein
Three arrested in suspected international trafficking network
New Mexico sues US Justice Department for access to unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files
Andrew and Tristan Tate to seek release from US jail as they fight UK extradition for sex offenses
The Tate brothers, former kickboxers who have dual US and British citizenship, have denied any wrongdoing. They are held in a federal jail in Miami as a judge weighs Britain's extradition request.
French model scout mentioned 1,000 times in Epstein files found dead on outskirts of Paris
Daniel Siad, 69, was being investigated for alleged links with Epstein's human trafficking network, something that he had denied before being questioned.
Tate brothers arrested in Miami, to be extradited to UK, after charges of rape, human trafficking
The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had previously charged the brothers with a total of 21 counts in relation to three victims, including rape and human trafficking.
Police enforce prostitution law unevenly, trafficking victims face visa barriers, comptroller finds
The audit, conducted from December 2024 through July 2025, examined enforcement of the law, investigations into trafficking for prostitution, protection of victims, and decisions on residence visas.
New York judge releases purported Epstein suicide note
The note, scrawled on a yellow legal pad, was submitted by lawyers for Tartaglione, who was Epstein's cellmate for roughly two weeks in July 2019 while both were held at a Manhattan jail.
Epstein used London flats to house and abuse trafficked women, BBC reports
BBC report reveals Epstein housed trafficked women in London flats, exploiting them through sex trafficking and coercion.
Epstein's estate settles class action lawsuit for 35 million dollars, denies all wrongdoing
Boies Schiller Flexner, a law firm representing Epstein victims, announced the settlement in a brief filed in federal court in Manhattan.
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
UN experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the United States Justice Department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption, and extreme misogyny.
New Mexico approves comprehensive probe of Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
A bipartisan committee will seek testimony from alleged sexual abuse victims at the ranch, as well as identify officials who may have known what was going on at the property.
Hillary Clinton says Trump admin. 'slow-walking' Epstein files release before Congress testimony
Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration’s Justice Department of slow-walking the release of Epstein files, calling for full transparency before her congressional testimony later this month.
