Former U.S. Gymnastics Coach Is Dead After Human Trafficking Charges
The former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert died by suicide on Thursday, according to a spokeswoman for the Michigan attorney general’s office, shortly after he was charged with human trafficking, criminal sexual conduct and other crimes. Mr. Geddert, who owned a gym where athletes said they were sexually assaulted by the former team doctor […]
Drug Trafficking, Politics and Power: The Lost Territories
From designer drugs to conflict zones, a look at how the modern drug trade has affected countries worldwide. . Source link
Drug Trafficking, Politics and Power: The Age of Drug Lords
How a new generation of global drug lords emerged at the end of the 1970s, in want of both money and power. . Source link
Drug Trafficking, Politics and Power: The Era of Empires
From colonial China’s opium wars to Cold War US politics, we trace rise of global drug trade and its political backers. . Source link
Poachers’ paradise: Gulf hunts fuel Pakistan falcon trafficking
Since learning to capture birds as a teen, Muhammad Rafiq has amassed a small fortune in Pakistan trapping and trafficking falcons – including some endangered species – for wealthy Gulf Arabs. A single falcon can fetch up to tens of thousands of dollars on the black market, which allowed Rafiq to renovate his family home. […]
Seven Charged in Flying Squirrel Trafficking Ring, Florida Officials Say #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Seven people have been charged in a Florida-based international flying squirrel trafficking scheme in which thousands of the creatures were exported to Asia, state conservation officials said on Monday. As many as 3,600 flying squirrels, a protected species in the state, were trapped in less than three years, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission […]
US charges former Mexican minister with drug trafficking #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Mexico’s president has pledged to clean up the country’s armed forces after a former defence minister was arrested in the United States on drug trafficking and money laundering charges this week. Salvador Cienfuegos, who served as Mexico’s defence chief from 2012 to 2018, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday, taking Mexico’s security […]