38 h. ago Details of Trump's secret phone call with Venezuelan leader emerge as Pentagon hits back at chilling 'kill everybody' message

New reporting has revealed that Donald Trump and Nicolás Maduro spoke on the phone last week, as Pete Hegseth doubles down on lethal force against potential drug traffickers.

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52 h. ago Moment police find trafficked Romanian nationals forced to work in car wash

Metropolitan Police officers discovered eight Romanian nationals who had been forced to work in a car wash.

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3 d. ago Man jailed for keeping eight people enslaved in London car wash

Man jailed for keeping eight people enslaved in London car wash  Sky News

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3 d. ago Mitcham man jailed for 8.5 years for forcing trafficked Romanian nationals to work in his car wash

Hewa Magari was found guilty of eight counts of holding a person in slavery or servitude at Kingston Crown Court on Thursday

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1 week ago Donald Trump signs bill to release Epstein files as deadline is triggered

Donald Trump has signed a bill that will force the release of documents relating to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, after months of apparent obstruction

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1 week ago Former prince Andrew accused of ‘hiding’ from US House’s Epstein inquiry

Suhas Subramanyam, a member of the oversight panel, had asked Mountbatten-Windsor to sit for depositionEpstein files latest – US politics liveA congressperson investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case accused the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, of “hiding” from his committee’s request to sit for a deposition, as Congress moves closer to a key vote on forcing release of US government files related to the alleged sex trafficker.Suhas Subramanyam is among the Democratic members of the oversight committee in the House of Representatives who earlier this month asked Mountbatten-Windsor to sit for a deposition as part of its investigation into how the government handled the case against Epstein, who died while awaiting trial in 2019. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hegseth says six people killed in two new US attacks on alleged drug boats

US defense secretary says without providing evidence that dead from strikes in eastern Pacific were ‘narco-terrorists’US forces struck two more alleged drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, killing six people, the Trump administration’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said.The US began carrying out such strikes – which some experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers – in early September, taking aim at vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Human trafficking survivor forced to run drugs farm facing deportation

Arjeta Fjolla, who was trafficked by a drugs gang to run a UK cannabis farm, now faces deportation – despite being a survivor of modern slavery

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3 w. ago Couple forced women into prostitution with 'eight clients a day' in trafficking ring

Costel Tambac and Marianna Iova took mobile phones and identity documents from women they forced to work for them after they had been trafficked from Romania

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3 w. ago ‘Drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping’: the lawless rush for rare earth minerals in Venezuela

Guerrilla groups have seized control of mining areas, exploiting Indigenous people and fuelling environmental ruin on the border with ColombiaFor months, Brig Gen Rafael Olaya Quintero, commander of the Orinoco naval force, has been chasing tin and coltan traffickers across the waterways at Colombia’s border with Venezuela.His mission has become more urgent since the global shift towards clean energy has generated an unprecedented rush for rare earth elements and critical minerals. These materials are vital components in electric vehicle batteries, wind turbines, fighter jets and guided missiles, with demand also driven by increased defence budgets in the EU, US and China, and throughout the world. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Road blocked after Mercedes bursts into flames as huge fire breaks out at car wash

The fire broke out next to a busy road in Manchester

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