At just 22 years old, Amon Kipruto Mely believed selling his kidney would be his ticket out of poverty. Living in a small village in Kenya, Amon struggled to survive in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then a friend introduced him to what seemed like a miracle opportunity. “He told me selling my kidney would be a good deal,” Amon recalled. At Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, staff handed Amon consent documents written in English—a language he couldn’t read. “They did not explain anything to me,” said Amon. “The...

A federal judge declined to delay the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs , meaning the music mogul's trial is still set to commence as scheduled in May. Combs, who is facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges, appeared in Manhattan federal court in front of U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian on Friday, April 18. Subramanian ruled the trial will not be delayed, CNN and Reuters reported. The Bad Boy Records founder's attorneys had filed a motion to delay the proceedings by two months, claiming that the prosecution had been slow in...

Two Los Angeles Unified School District elementary schools prevented Department of Homeland Security officers from entering campus to perform welfare checks on five migrant children who reportedly entered the U.S. by themselves. On April 7, the agents arrived at Lillian Street Elementary and Russell Elementary to check on the children but were turned away by the schools' principals, who feared the officers were there for immigration enforcement matters. 'DHS is leading efforts to conduct welfare checks on these children to ensure that they are safe and not being exploited, abused,...

NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is suffering from dementia and isn’t competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges, according to prosecutors and his lawyers. Prosecutors and defense lawyers want a federal judge in Central Islip to place Jeffries in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons for up to four months so that he can be hospitalized and receive treatment that might allow his criminal case to proceed. Prosecutors say Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man lured men to drug-fueled...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Federal prosecutors have added two new charges to the indictment against Sean "Diddy" Combs, further expanding allegations that the jailed music mogul was involved in sex trafficking as recently as last year. A superseding indictment filed on Friday accuses Combs of using force, fraud, or coercion to compel a woman—referred to as Victim-2—to engage in commercial sex acts between 2021 and 2024. It also claims that Combs facilitated the transport of Victim-2...

Bert is 89 years old, estranged from his family and living at a care facility. He has $330,000 in life savings. Bert is in a good environment where his needs are met and he has enough money to provide for his care for the foreseeable future. For most people, that would be enough. However, in my jaded world view, Bert is vulnerable. He has no one to protect him from exploitation. Sure enough, into Bert’s world comes the perpetrator, a man who uses intimidation to get what he wants and...

A police vehicle is seen at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on April 9, 2020. A police vehicle is seen at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on April 9, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh Three Alberta residents have been charged after police in Calgary and Edmonton seized more than 17.5 kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine that investigators say is linked to a provincial trafficking network. Officers executed a search warrant on a Calgary home on March 15, seizing 11.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, 500 grams of cocaine, $30,000 cash...