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Fourteen arrests in undercover sex trafficking sting at San Diego Comic-Con convention

August 5, 2024 World Justice News 0

Fourteen people were arrested and 10 sex trafficking victims rescued in an undercover sting operation at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego. The California Justice Department ran the operation at the annual event – which celebrates superheroes, […]

Secret Epstein documents show prosecutors knew about abuse two years before plea deal

July 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

Prosecutors knew Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted girls two years before they struck a deal long criticised as a missed chance to stop him, according to newly released transcripts. The grand jury investigation began in Florida in 2006 […]

Andrew Tate and brother Tristan to be tried in Romania on rape and trafficking charges

April 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

The trial of controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan is to go ahead, a court in Romania says. No date has been set by the court which has been reviewing prosecutors’ evidence and […]

Law enforcement raids Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s properties in LA and Miami

March 26, 2024 World Justice News 0

Properties connected to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs were raided on Monday by federal agents. The Department of Homeland Security said it had pursued the “law enforcement actions as part of an ongoing investigation” in New […]

R. Kelly given 30 years in jail for sex abuse

June 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

US singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his celebrity status to sexually abuse children and women. The R&B artist, 55, was convicted last September in New York of […]

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years over sex trafficking

June 28, 2022 World Justice News 0

Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in a US prison for helping disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls. Maxwell, 60, was convicted in December of recruiting and trafficking four teenage girls […]

Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction – but sentence reduced

April 30, 2022 World Justice News 0

Ghislaine Maxwell has lost a bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction, paving the way for her to be sentenced to decades in prison. Lawyers for the British socialite had asked a judge to reject the verdict […]

Ghislaine Maxwell bid for retrial denied

April 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US judge has upheld Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction, denying her bid for a new trial. Maxwell, 60, had complained that one of the jurors falsely stated before the trial that he had never […]

Ghislaine Maxwell: Lawyers call for retrial over juror comments

January 6, 2022 World Justice News 0

Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell say she deserves a new trial after a juror told media that he used his own experience of being sexually abused to persuade other jurors who doubted witnesses. Prosecutors also asked […]

Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of grooming and trafficking underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein

December 29, 2021 World Justice News 0

Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty at her trial in New York. The jury found the 60-year-old guilty on five of six counts – including the most serious charge, that of sex trafficking of a […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]