trafficking

Japanese mob boss charged with trafficking nuclear material to Iran

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NEW YORK, NY – U.S. legal authorities have brought charges against a prominent figure in the Japanese underworld, Takeshi Ebisawa, for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle nuclear materials from Southeast Asia to Iran. According to the charges, Ebisawa, a reputed Yakuza boss, demonstrated samples of the illicit materials to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, who was impersonating a drug and arms dealer with connections to Iran. The nuclear materials, reportedly …

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Couple Guilty Of Sex Trafficking Cuban Women

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Eight human trafficking victims were rescued after detectives received a tip. The women were smuggled from Cuba and across the southern border of Mexico. These women were later rescued from “one of the worst trafficking cases” seen in Hillsborough County, authorities said. Amet Ramon Maqueira De La Cal, 35, and Rosalia Leonard Garcia, 29, were the couple placed in custody for trafficking these Cuban women. A woman was rescued after detectives received a tip that …

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Teen Trafficking Victim Ordered To Pay $150,000 To Pimps Estate

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A teenage human trafficking victim who stabbed her accused rapist to death was ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man’s family after being initially charged with first-degree murder and closely supervised probation. In the June 2020 killing of 37-year-old Zachary Brooks of Des Moines, Pieper Lewis, 17, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury, both charges punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment. On Tuesday, Polk County District Judge David M. Porter deferred …

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