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Police in southern Italy on Tuesday arrested seven people trafficking suspects of Egyptian and Tunisian nationality. Police said the arrests came amid six-month probe that uncovered an international people-smuggling ring based in Egypt with cells across Italy. The alleged ring had cells operating in Italy's southern regions of Puglia – where police made Tuesday's arrests – in Campania and Sicily as well as in the northern Lombardy region surrounding Milan.

Assembly parties have united to tackle human trafficking in Northern Ireland. An all-party group has been set up to combat trafficking for sexual and labour exploitation. Adults and children are also known to be trafficked for criminal activity including illegal drug production, fraud and theft.

The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam yesterday adjourned a human trafficking case against the director of Salex Tannery Company Ltd, Salim Alasad (60), until today because Magistrate Ilvin Mgeta, who presides over at the case, was having other official duties.

Delhi Government on Monday approved a comprehensive compensation scheme for victims of rape, acid attacks, human trafficking, child abuse and kidnapping. Under the scheme, approved by the Delhi Cabinet, a rape victim will get a maximum compensation of Rs three lakh and a minimum of Rs two lakh within two months of the crime.

The case has been labelled as Sweden’s biggest human smuggling case, and at least four other men were involved, each of whom were jailed as well for aggravated pimping. The eleven women at the centre of the case, all from Romania, were brought to Sweden by the two 45-year-old men in charge of the ring, and who were also responsible for controlling the work of the prostitutes while in Sweden.

A city court has asked the Delhi government to probe allegations against the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) that it released victims of human trafficking and child labour to their relatives, who again pushed the children back to areas from where they were rescued. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau’s order came in a case pertaining to a series of raids conducted by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police and NGO Shakti Vahini last year. During the raids, several girls, including minors, were rescued from illegal placement agencies.

Malaysia and Bangladesh will be signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to combat human trafficking between the two countries so that innocent people are not exploited, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. "The MoU will be signed soon after both countries create a mechanism at the operational level whereby political will between Malaysia and Bangladesh can be translated into an action plan involving the respective authorities," he said.

A twisted sicko who pimped out a 13-year-old girl on craigslist in the Bronx was sentenced Monday to up to 25 years in prison. Bronx Supreme Court Justice Megan Tallmer threw the book at Sahim Lucas, 34, handing down the maximum sentence for sex trafficking and promoting prostitution.

Immigration officials intercepted a husband and wife they believe were planning on smuggling nine women through New Zealand because of an international "alert" on the wife's name. The nine women claimed to be school friends travelling together, but when separated they couldn't answer questions about each other, and didn't even know each other's names, said INZ border operations manager Karen Urwin.

Arrested for torturing and exploiting minor girls in the shelter home, Jaswanti Devi on Saturday threatened to expose government officials who frequented her place. Jaswanti told mediapersons that she had proofs as entries in the visitor book. The woman did not reveal why officials visited the place but said, "They often had tea and ladoos.