Sex trafficking
Bail bid of EC mom accused of trafficking daughter postponed to Friday
The 42-year-old is accused of selling her 13-year-old daughter, who has a mental illness, and her boyfriend's 16-year-old niece to two men for sexual...
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EC woman in court for selling daughter, niece for sexual exploitation
The mother and two shop owners from Keiskamahoek she sold the girls to were arrested during a joint operation between the Hawks and police.
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NPA welcomes hefty sentence handed to sex trafficker, Augustine Obono
In addition to three life terms, Augustine Obono was also sentenced to three years' imprisonment for kidnapping and seven years for keeping a brothel.
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Sex trafficker handed 3 life sentences for exploiting a 12-year-old girl
Augustine Obono, aged 44, has also been handed a three-year sentence for kidnapping and seven years for keeping a brothel.
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French porn producer launches code of ethics
The code, which it hopes will be adopted by other producers in France and beyond, has been drawn up by former porn actress Liza Del Sierra alongside a sociologist and lawyer specialising in online intellectual property.
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The story behind 'Oloture', Nigeria's Netflix sex-trafficking drama
As a freelance reporter with a burning desire to uncover the truth about a sordid backstreet trade, Tobore Ovuorie dressed as streetwalker to infiltrate a prostitution ring.
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Court dismisses Timothy Omotoso's latest bail application
The Port Elizabeth High Court found that the defence had not put forward any exceptional circumstances to warrant granting Timothy Omotoso bail.
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Pastor Omotoso’s bail application resumes in PE court
Televangelist Timothy Omotoso has been behind bars since April 2017 and has tried to get bail on several occasions.
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Pastor Omotoso, accused of rape and sex trafficking, to apply for bail in PE
Pastor Timothy Omotoso has been behind bars since his arrest at the Port Elizabeth International Airport in 2017.
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Omotoso trafficking trial unlikely to resume today due to lockdown
Last month, proceedings in the Port Elizabeth High Court were also postponed as the country was under level 5 lockdown restrictions.
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Omotoso sex trafficking trial postponed as State changes prosecutor
The State is changing prosecutors and therefore the matter has been postponed to April.
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Second witness in Omotoso sex trafficking trial takes the stand
The Nigerian televangelist and two women face a string of charges including rape, human trafficking and racketeering in the Port Elizabeth High Court.
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UK police defend decision not to launch Epstein probe
American Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, has alleged Epstein - who was found dead in a US prison in August - trafficked her to Britain then to have sex with Prince Andrew.
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Singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to New York sex trafficking charges
One of Robert Kelly’s lawyers, Douglas Anton, entered the plea to charges of racketeering and sex trafficking before Magistrate Judge Steven Tiscione in federal court in Brooklyn.
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Omotoso’s sex trafficking trial postponed
The Nigerian televangelist and two women appeared in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Friday after the trial started afresh before a new judge on Monday.
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Court rules Timothy Omotoso charges ‘not vague’
The defence wanted the court to compel the State to provide more information on the charges, arguing they were vague.
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Sex traffickers hold 20,000 Nigerian women, girls in Mali - agency
The women and girls, most aged 16-30, had been told they would be taken to Malaysia to work in hospitality but instead were forced into prostitution.
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Sex trafficking case against Timothy Omotoso postponed to February
Defence lawyer Peter Daubermann says the Supreme Court of Appeal has yet to make a ruling on two applications and he's therefore asked for a postponement.
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Bathabile Dlamini: Trial mustn't cause secondary trauma for rape victims
The Minister for Women in the Presidency on Monday attended proceedings against Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso, who has been accused of sex trafficking and rape.
