Human trafficking

Tate brothers arrested in Miami, to be extradited to UK, after charges of rape, human trafficking

The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had previously charged the brothers with a total of 21 counts in relation to three victims, including rape and human trafficking.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate talk to the media outside their residence on March 23, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania.
A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.

Police enforce prostitution law unevenly, trafficking victims face visa barriers, comptroller finds

The audit, conducted from December 2024 through July 2025, examined enforcement of the law, investigations into trafficking for prostitution, protection of victims, and decisions on residence visas.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Chief of Police Daniel Levi at the scene of a shooting incident in Ramla, central Israel, May 11, 2026.

Two suspects indicted for running human trafficking network in Haifa, Kiryat Shmona

The indictment came at the culmination of a year-long undercover investigation that began in July of 2025, after suspicion arose regarding the suspects using social media to recruit victims.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
BATOUL SULEIMAN Alloush.

Syria’s missing women: What really happened to Batoul Alloush? - exclusive

Syrian authorities have maintained that the woman voluntarily left her family home and converted of her own free will. Her family, however, contends that she was abducted and is being held by force.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Coronavirus pandemic makes more people vulnerable to trafficking - report

"Instability and lack of access to critical services caused by the pandemic mean that the  number of people vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers is rapidly growing," Pompeo said.

JUNE 25, 2020ByREUTERS
Activists take part in a 'Walk for Freedom' to protest against human trafficking in Berlin, Germany, October 20, 2018