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NYC LGBT
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Whittier to pay $3.5 million to settle sexual abuse allegations by former police Explorers, lawyer says

Whittier settled a $3.5-million lawsuit with four former female Police Explorers who were sexually abused by officers in the late 1970s when they were 14 to 18 years old.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Hundreds arrested in Met Police's largest-ever blitz on Fagin gangs behind phone snatch scourge

Metropolitan Police arrested over 370 suspects using drones, e-bikes and live facial recognition, reducing phone thefts by 12.3% and recovering 1,000+ devices.
Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Searching for Ontario's missing Black boys | CBC News

Black GTA teenagers are being groomed into drug trafficking and transported to remote First Nations communities to act as disposable mules.
France news
fromThe Local France
3 months ago

Shift in battle to tackle teens trapped in Marseille drug 'slavery'

Hundreds of often-estranged teenagers in Marseille are recruited via social media and exploited, abused, and trafficked by violent drug gangs under a climate of fear.
Social justice
fromwww.ocregister.com
4 months ago

Study: Children now fastest-growing group of one California county's human trafficking victims

Children are the fastest-growing human trafficking victims in Orange County; half of victims are under 18, with average minor age 14.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
8 months ago

Peel police arrest 13, lay 197 charges, in connection with alleged organized crime ring behind home invasions | CBC News

Thirteen people arrested and 197 charges laid in connection with home invasions linked to organized crime in Greater Toronto.
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Russia pays young Ukrainians to be unwitting suicide bombers in shadow war

The SBU spokesperson noted that initial sabotage efforts targeted military infrastructure, using teenagers as recruits, lured by money and blackmail tactics.
US politics
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