Human trafficking

Lebanon doesn't meet minimum standard for eliminating human trafficking, US State Dept. finds

Lebanon failed to approve a National Action Plan, provided only fragmented data on trafficking cases and victim identification, and failed to adequately screen potential trafficking victims.

 Meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations hosted by the United States, after the Trump administration said Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities, at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 3, 2026.
Greek Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Minister Vassilis Kikilias observes a maritime emergency exercise simulating a drone strike on an oil tanker aboard a Hellenic Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Elefsina, Greece March 31, 2026

Twelve migrants, including infant, drown as several boats capsize off Greek islands

An Iranian woman walks next to an anti-Israeli mural on a street in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2026

Iran's IRGC exploits women through sex trafficking, uses children to fund proxy wars, report finds

Portraits of current and former Iranian and Hezbollah leaders displayed at Proud Dahiyeh festival Monday, 7th September 2026

Hezbollah exploits EU terror distinction to launder money through human trafficking, JCFA claims


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.

 Iran's riot police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Did a Chinese man kidnap his granddaughter to pay his gambling debt? - report

The grandfather supposedly blamed his daughter, the granddaughter's mother, for the entire incident. When it happened is unclear, but it reflects the issue of child trafficking.

 An illustrative photo of a man and granddaughter.

Modern slavery in Israel: The women victims of human trafficking

The US State Department TIP report states that Israel does not meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so

 Women with price tags on their hands are displayed in the window of a store called Woman To Go in a shopping mall in Tel Aviv to raise awareness about and protest against the trafficking of women.

Stop human traffickers, Pope Francis says after Italy's migrant shipwreck

Local authorities said 70 bodies had so far been recovered following the incident.

 POPE FRANCIS met with Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb at Sakhir Palace, south of Manama, Bahrain, in November.

American patron of Israeli archaeology becomes focus of New York’s antiquities trafficking unit

Shelby White has already relinquished at least two dozen items worth at least $20 million.

 “Shelby White & Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center”

Ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate says Romanian prosecutors have no evidence against him

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate believes the Romanian government has no grounds to hold him.

 Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, January 10, 2023.

Romanian prosecutors take away luxury cars seized in Andrew Tate case

After Tate failed his legal appeal on charged of human trafficking, authorities have begun to seize Tate's cars and properties

 Andrew Tate

Israel recognized 325 human trafficking victims in first five-year report

The Justice Ministry released its first report on human trafficking in Israel. * The report spanned 2017-2021.

 Illustrative image of human trafficking.

Knesset passes law to combat human trafficking

The Justice Ministry's plan will give the Israeli government the tools to combat human trafficking, the ministry said.

 Minister of Justice Gideon Saar speaks at a swearing in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on March 6, 2022.

What's behind Iran's claims of Iraqi women trafficking crackdown? - analysis

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization was involved in arresting the leader of a “gang” involved in trafficking Iranian women and girls to northern Iraq. 

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.