Human trafficking
Suspect in sex-trafficking case extradited from Serbia to Israel for questioning
Yosef Koperschmidt, a suspected member of a sex-trafficking network, has been extradited from Serbia to Israel and will be questioned by police in connection with an ongoing investigation.
Migrants share tutorials for human smuggling on social media - report
Justice Ministry unit warns against surrogacy procedures in Ukraine
Leader of ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect extradited to Mexico, charged with human trafficking
Brazil rescues hundreds held in modern-day slave conditions
In Brazil, slavery is legally defined as forced labor but also covers debt bondage, degrading work conditions and long hours that pose health risks.
Stolen child reunites with birth mother after 42 years apart
Jimmy Lippert Thyden from Virginia reunited with his Chilean birth mother last week after an entire life of separation.
This traveler uncovered a secret corridor behind her hotel room's closet
A woman uploaded a terrifying video to TikTok in which she accidentally discovered a rather scary hidden room in her hotel: "It looks like it's taken from a horror movie."
Over 1 million women went missing in India from 2019 to 2021 - report
Causes cited in regard to the tremendous number of missing women were trafficking for forced marriage, domestic work, sexual exploitation, and child labor.
'Sound of Freedom' movie rings with Torah values - opinion
The movie claims that there are more people enslaved today as sex slaves than at any other time in history, even when slavery was legal.
Israel warns of human trafficking risk of surrogate mothers abroad
These risks include “indications of a violation of the basic rights of the surrogate women and their dignity, while objectifying them and limiting their freedom.”
Letters to the Editor, June 21, 2023: Fulminating hatred
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Andrew Tate to stand trial in Romania for human trafficking, sex crimes
The Tate brothers, former kickboxers who have US and British nationality with millions of online followers, are the highest-profile suspects to be sent to trial in Romania for human trafficking.
Hungary frees 777 Ukrainians, others convicted of human trafficking
"Incarcerating foreign nationals costs Hungarian prisons billions of forints each year," the BvOP press office said in its emailed reply.
Iranian leader of women trafficking network executed by Islamic Republic
Shahrouz Sokhnori was sentenced to death and found guilty of corruption for trafficking women across the Middle East and Asia.