Trafficking

Singapore's highest court has upheld the death sentence of two Indian-origin men convicted of conspiring to traffic at least 1.3 kilograms of cannabis in March 2016, according to a media report.

Congress in Kerala on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of "conspiring" to facilitate the "trafficking" of the child of former SFI leader Anupama Chandran to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh in the name of adoption, without her consent.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra on Tuesday said that India accords high priority to combating human trafficking and that the Indian government is making continuous efforts to prevent and counter-trafficking in persons.

A 39-year-old Indian origin Malaysian who was caught with a bag of drugs in 2018 has been sentenced to death by a Singapore court for trafficking.

The Taliban have arrested a man for allegedly selling dozens of women in northern Afghanistan after duping them into believing they would be marrying into money, officials said Tuesday.

The sister of a Malaysian man facing imminent execution despite concerns he is mentally disabled has pleaded with Singapore to give him a "second chance".

Singapore has defended its judgement on the death sentence of a 33-year-old Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker at the highest level with both the prime minister and the foreign minister writing to their Malaysian counterparts.

A Singapore court on Tuesday stayed the execution of a 33-year-old Indian-origin Malaysian man, convicted for drug trafficking, after he tested positive for COVID-19.

The court has sentenced the man, said to be mentally disabled, to death.

The US State Department announced Friday it would offer up to $5 million each for information that would help authorities capture and convict four Mexican drug cartel kingpins, including the brother of infamous trafficker "El Chapo."

US rapper Fetty Wap was released on bail Friday, New York prosecutors said, a week after he was charged with drug trafficking.

The prime accused in Assam's kidney trafficking case was brought back to the state from Tamil Nadu - where he was arrested three days ago - on the intervening nights of Tuesday and Wednesday. A local court has sent him to six days police remand today

Britain's Prince Andrew on Friday rejected Virginia Giuffre's accusations that he sexually abused her more than two decades ago when she was 17, and urged a US judge to dismiss her civil lawsuit.

The Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday said it has arrested four people, including three Bangladeshi nationals, who are allegedly part of a human trafficking syndicate.

The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: "You beat me" when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.

Singapore's highest court has upheld the death sentence of two Indian-origin men convicted of conspiring to traffic at least 1.3 kilograms of cannabis in March 2016, according to a media report.

Congress in Kerala on Wednesday accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of "conspiring" to facilitate the "trafficking" of the child of former SFI leader Anupama Chandran to neighbouring Andhra Pradesh in the name of adoption, without her consent.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra on Tuesday said that India accords high priority to combating human trafficking and that the Indian government is making continuous efforts to prevent and counter-trafficking in persons.

A 39-year-old Indian origin Malaysian who was caught with a bag of drugs in 2018 has been sentenced to death by a Singapore court for trafficking.

The Taliban have arrested a man for allegedly selling dozens of women in northern Afghanistan after duping them into believing they would be marrying into money, officials said Tuesday.

The sister of a Malaysian man facing imminent execution despite concerns he is mentally disabled has pleaded with Singapore to give him a "second chance".

Singapore has defended its judgement on the death sentence of a 33-year-old Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker at the highest level with both the prime minister and the foreign minister writing to their Malaysian counterparts.

A Singapore court on Tuesday stayed the execution of a 33-year-old Indian-origin Malaysian man, convicted for drug trafficking, after he tested positive for COVID-19.

The court has sentenced the man, said to be mentally disabled, to death.

The US State Department announced Friday it would offer up to $5 million each for information that would help authorities capture and convict four Mexican drug cartel kingpins, including the brother of infamous trafficker "El Chapo."

US rapper Fetty Wap was released on bail Friday, New York prosecutors said, a week after he was charged with drug trafficking.

The prime accused in Assam's kidney trafficking case was brought back to the state from Tamil Nadu - where he was arrested three days ago - on the intervening nights of Tuesday and Wednesday. A local court has sent him to six days police remand today

Britain's Prince Andrew on Friday rejected Virginia Giuffre's accusations that he sexually abused her more than two decades ago when she was 17, and urged a US judge to dismiss her civil lawsuit.

The Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday said it has arrested four people, including three Bangladeshi nationals, who are allegedly part of a human trafficking syndicate.

The man Colombia describes as the world's most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: "You beat me" when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said on Sunday, pledging to extradite him swiftly to the United States.