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Mar
27
2024
By STEVE GORMAN
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties in L.A. and Miami raided by federal agents

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ properties in L.A. and Miami raided by federal agents

WORLD
U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents have opened an investigation of hip-hop star Sean "Diddy" Combs, searching his properties in Los Angeles and the Miami area, agency officials said on Monday. The inquiry was led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents in New York, where a lawsuit was filed against Combs by a former girlfriend in federal court in November accusing him of engaging in sex trafficking. Combs, 54, has said that he is innocent and that his accusers were seeking "a quick payday." His New York-based lawyer, Ben Brafman, did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Television…
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Jan
05
2024
By JONATHAN STEMPEL and LUC COHEN
Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew groped her, documents show

Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew groped her, documents show

WORLD
A woman who has said she was victimized by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Britain's Prince Andrew put his hand on her breast at Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in 2001, according to court documents from a civil lawsuit unsealed. The incident, which has been previously reported by other media outlets and Andrew has denied, was among the details described in an initial trove of previously redacted documents that otherwise revealed few new details about the extent of Epstein's alleged sex trafficking activities. More documents are expected to be unsealed or unredacted in the coming days. Prince Andrew could not immediately…
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Jul
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Ghislaine Maxwell says Cosby’s freedom justifies hers

Ghislaine Maxwell says Cosby’s freedom justifies hers

WORLD
JONATHAN STEMPEL  LAWYERS for Ghislaine Maxwell said the overturning of Bill Cosby's 2018 sexual assault conviction justifies throwing out sex trafficking and other charges stemming from her relationship with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. Cosby, 83, was released from prison on Wednesday after Pennsylvania's Supreme Court said a prosecutor's 2005 agreement not to charge him with drugging and assaulting Temple University employee Andrea Constand meant the actor and comedian should not have been charged a decade later. In a Friday letter to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan, Maxwell's lawyers said the British socialite's case was similar to Cosby's…
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Apr
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Unravelling the complexities of human trafficking

Unravelling the complexities of human trafficking

HUMAN RIGHTS
JAN BORNMAN HUMAN trafficking is a topic that never seems far from the public imagination. Regular awareness campaigns ensure it is always included in conversations on fighting crime, and in South Africa, barely a day goes by without someone posting about it on social media.  More often than not, though, people tend to link human trafficking to sex trafficking and, invariably, sex work. But globally and in South Africa, experts have warned that sex work is often conflated with human trafficking and the voices and experiences of sex workers are thus dismissed or excluded.  In a 2020 research report by the Centre…
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Oct
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Taking on the Traffickers

Taking on the Traffickers

MULTIMEDIA
THREE warriors battling the slave trade Valderez defied years of death threats. Van risks his life to mount undercover rescues. Maria escaped sexual slavery and now pursues the traffickers who profit from human misery. Three ordinary people with extraordinary stories - all on a mission to end modern-day slavery. Be it the Vietnamese lawyer who rescues women from China's sex trade or the Mexican survivor turned sleuth, these profiles explore the challenges of combating slavery. The pressure is high and the stakes are even higher for those dedicated to tackling the global trade in sex and labour that claims an estimated 25…
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Aug
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenya woman’s ordeal highlights newly identified sex trafficking route

Kenya woman’s ordeal highlights newly identified sex trafficking route

HUMAN RIGHTS
AYENAT MERSIE J's cousin promised her a well-paid job in India as a housekeeper. Instead, she found herself in a brothel until the United Nations brought her home to Kenya when it was alerted to the human trafficking route. "When I heard there were job vacancies in India, I was so happy," said J, asking that only her initial be used to protect her privacy. When she got there, her passport was confiscated and she was forced into sex work to pay off $9,000 her traffickers, fellow East Africans, told her she owed them for her travel and lodging, she…
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Aug
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriages

Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriages

NEWS
NITA BHALLA and MOHAMMED OMER SOMALIA's parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill permitting child and forced marriage. The East African nation has high rates of child marriage and violence against women, including rape and female genital mutilation (FGM). The United Nations says 45% of women are married before 18, while 98% have undergone FGM. In 2018, Somalia's cabinet approved the landmark Sexual Offences bill aimed at criminalising a wide range of forms of gender-based violence including rape, child marriage and sex trafficking. The bill sets out clear…
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Jul
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenyan police arrest fugitive indicted in U.S. for ivory, rhino horn trafficking

Kenyan police arrest fugitive indicted in U.S. for ivory, rhino horn trafficking

NEWS
JOSEPH AKWIRI KENYAN police arrested a fugitive wanted in the United States on charges of trafficking ivory and rhino horn, who arrived in the coastal city of Mombasa from Yemen, authorities have announced. Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur was detained for alleged "ivory-related offences" after he landed in a chartered plane, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations said on Twitter. In a June 2019 indictment, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration charged Surur and three others with conspiracy to traffic at least 190 kilograms of rhino horn and 10 tonnes of ivory worth more than $7 million. Surur was also charged with conspiracy…
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Jul
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Perils of the catwalk: African models warn of trafficking threat

Perils of the catwalk: African models warn of trafficking threat

NEWS
EMELINE WUILBERCQ and ELAS OHLEN  ALL eyes will be on the catwalk, but the model behind Ethiopia's first reality TV modelling competition hopes the show will also shine a spotlight on exploitation in the industry across Africa. While the #MeToo scandal highlighted widespread sex abuse in fashion, models and non-profits say women and girls pursuing a catwalk career face even greater dangers in developing nations. Delina Cleo - a model in her late twenties who created the 'Hidden Beauty of Ethiopia' show - wants to educate aspiring African models about risks from online scams to sex trafficking. "This industry can…
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