Verdict delayed in Honduras sex-trafficking case linked to disappearance
Angie Pena’s disappearance in 2022 exposed what prosecutors called a sex-trafficking network and state corruption.

Angie Pena’s disappearance in 2022 exposed what prosecutors called a sex-trafficking network and state corruption.


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The influencer and his brother are in a Miami prison pending potential extradition to the UK on rape charges
Young jobseekers are being recruited into scam compounds. Urgent action is needed to disrupt these trafficking schemes.

At least 30 people have been killed in a gang attack on a hillside community that overlooks routes into Haiti’s capital.

Al Jazeera exposes atrocities committed against the Rohingya ethnic minority group during Myanmar’s civil war.

Morocco has added barbed wire and more police near Spain’s Ceuta enclave after online calls for another mass crossing.
The government has accused people smugglers of ‘cramming’ migrants onto ‘unseaworthy vessels’ and putting lives at risk.
Authorities say they broke up one of the largest criminal networks running migrant smuggling in Western Mediterranean.
After migrant surge from Morocco, EU says Spain assured Schengen is safe but warns Europe’s borders are ‘vulnerable’.

Iraq’s Yazidi community marked 12 years since ISIL’s assault on Sinjar, which the UN recognised as genocide.
IOM chief says victims from more than 80 countries are lured into scam centres through fake job offers on social media.