Prosecutors in New York have returned to their rightful owner scores of artefacts recovered from Indian-American dealer Subhash Kapoor.
Jordan, as both a destination and transit route for Syrian-made amphetamine drug Captagon, has toughened its rules of engagement with smugglers.
Scientists who analysed tonnes of ivory seized over the span of 17 years were able to link separate shipments thanks to DNA testing, uncovering global smuggling networks.
US authorities have charged a man with human trafficking after four people, tentatively identified as a family from India, died while trying to enter the United States.
A container full of alleged replicas flagged in 2009 turned out to be a hotbed of antiquities from Mali. The US was finally able to complete their return to their rightful owners last week.
With no way to shoot down the Taliban’s drones, Afghan security forces face a hidden but deadly psychological weapon today that is likely to grow into an effective threat in the future.
Ancient Lycian inscription, depicting regret of parents whose sons committed theft, was smuggled from Turkey and was found by Italian authorities in 1997.
An unconfirmed number of bodies was found outside the Mexican city of Guadalajara in four different regions.
A group of 39 Vietnamese migrants, including 31 men and eight women, were found dead in a truck in an industrial zone east of London in October 2019.
A statement by the UN-backed government said migrants had killed a local trafficker in the town of Mizdah, near Tripoli, allegedly prompting his family to take revenge and kill the 30 migrants.
The national law enforcement agency said investigators found evidence that 11 speed boats carried a total of 269 people and more than 10,000 kilograms of hashish.
AP investigation finds that African migrants are starved, raped and tortured in the Yemeni town of Ras Al Ara, which profits from human smuggling.
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