Sex trafficking

New Mexico sues US Justice Department for access to unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files

New Mexico sued the Justice Department for access to the files, saying the records are needed to identify alleged victims, witnesses, and facilitators connected to Zorro Ranch.

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Justice Department in Washington on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate arrive before US President Donald Trump to attend UFC 327 at Kaseya Center, Miami, US, April 11, 2026.

Andrew and Tristan Tate to seek release from US jail as they fight UK extradition for sex offenses

A private security member stands next to a police van. Ilustrative.

French model scout mentioned 1,000 times in Epstein files found dead on outskirts of Paris

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate talk to the media outside their residence on March 23, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania.

Tate brothers arrested in Miami, to be extradited to UK, after charges of rape, human trafficking


Sean 'Diddy' Combs pleads not guilty to expanded sex trafficking indictment

Prosecutors with the Manhattan US Attorney's office say Combs used his business empire to sexually abuse women between 2004 and 2024.

 Sean "Diddy" Combs stands as he is arraigned on superseding charges in front of Judge Arun Subramanian, at the federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.

R. Kelly's sex trafficking conviction is upheld

A federal court rejected R. Kelly’s appeal, saying evidence showed he controlled and abused victims through coercion and threats.

R. Kelly performs in the "Mr. Show Biz Presents: The Light it Up Tour" of 2006

Feds mistakenly whisk Alexander twin to New York, resulting in no-show at Miami bail hearing

Edwin Torres, the chief judge of the magistrate court in Miami, acknowledged there was a “miscommunication of orders” with the Marshals in New York.

 Oren Alexander, 37, arrives to his bond hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Dec. 13, 2024, in Miami. Oren, along with his twin brother Alon Alexander, have been charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape.

US-Israeli real estate mogul brothers will remain in custody following charges

Last week, a judge in Miami rejected a $115 million bail package proposal that would have allowed all three men to be released pending trial in New York City.

 Alon Alexander, 37, right, and his twin brother, Oren, left, attend their bond hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in Miami, Fla.

Three US-Israeli real estate mogul brothers charged for alleged rape gang trafficking

Law enforcement appealed to more victims and witnesses to step forward.

 Israel Police.

Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs cannot be trusted if released from jail, prosecutor says

Lawyers say that Diddy has demonstrated that 'either he cannot or will not follow rules.'

 Sean 'Diddy' Combs sits during a bail hearing in federal court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., September 18, 2024 in this courtroom sketch.

Norwegian talkfest ‘Sex’ is an utterly unsexy film - review

Norwegian film "Sex" revives mumblecore with a dialogue-heavy story, but its slow, unremarkable conversations fall flat.

 THORBJORN HARR and Jan Gunnar Roise in Dag Johan Haugerud’s film, ‘Sex.’

Interpol: Southeast Asia human trafficking now a global crisis

 Organized crime rings that fueled an "explosion" of human trafficking and cyber scam centers during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network

Map of Southeast Asia

Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew expected to be named in unsealed Epstein documents

US District Judge Loretta Preska had previously ruled that there was no legal justification for maintaining the concealment of names. 

 US financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry March 28, 2017 and obtained by Reuters July 10, 2019.

Pornhub owner reaches deal with US prosecutors over sex trafficking ties

Aylo - whose brands also include YouPorn and Brazzers - knew that its proceeds from those websites stemmed from illegal activity, prosecutors said.

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