From a hotel video to baby oil – the BBC’s Nada Tawfik breaks down the evidence and testimony heard at the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. After the prosecution rested its case on Tuesday, Combs’ defence team claimed the government failed to meet its burden in proving the charges – but...
Conditions for grape-pickers in France’s champagne business lie at the heart of a human trafficking trial that has opened in the eastern city of Reims. Three people – a woman from Kyrgyzstan, a man from Georgia and a Frenchman – are accused of exploiting more than 50 seasonal workers, mainly from west Africa. The workers...
Of all the liberal insanity I have witnessed over the past few years, one of the most bizarre has been the vehement denials that human trafficking is a serious problem. I first noticed this when the movie Sound of Freedom came out in 2023. Based on a true story–there is a lot of argument about...
Better late than never? When Tennessee state police pulled over Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a car owned by a convicted human trafficker, carrying eight people without identification, the FBI and ICE couldn’t be bothered to even ask the troopers to detain the group. The police knew Abrego Garcia was trafficking the group from Missouri to...
Would this be enough to get Donald Trump to ease tariffs on China? Perhaps it might make a good start — and reflect that China has as much to lose in a trade war as the US, if not more. For background, the US media offered conflicting reports on China’s position yesterday. Axios reported that...
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has formally rejected the US government’s offer to plead guilty and spare himself the possibility of a prolonged prison sentence. The musician appeared in court on Thursday, wearing glasses and a beige prison uniform, ahead of the start of his sex trafficking trial next week. He...
BBC Courtney Smith has waived her right to anonymity to tell BBC News NI about the abuse she endured A woman who was trafficked, sexually assaulted and forced into prostitution has said the abuse she suffered was so traumatic it has ruined her life. Courtney Smith was abused by 71-year-old Oliver James MacCormack. MacCormack, whose...
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with two new criminal charges including sex trafficking and engaging in prostitution, just a month before he is set to go on trial in New York. The new accusations, made public on Friday in a Manhattan court, include allegations of more recent criminal offences and note that a second...