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Parañaque Joint Busted By NBI, 7 Suspects Arrested And 12 Victims Rescued
Recently in the City of Parañaque, elements of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) successfully organized an operation that targeted a local joint resulting in the rescue of twelve victims (including minors) and the apprehension of seven suspects over trafficking violation, according to a news article by the Philippine News Agency (PNA).
To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from the news article of the PNA. Some parts in boldface…
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested seven individuals and rescued 12 trafficked victims, including several minors and an infant, during a series of entrapment and rescue operations on May 7 in Parañaque City for violation of Republic Act 10364, otherwise known as the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012.
The operation, conducted by the NBI Homicide Division, stemmed from intelligence information provided by a non-governmental organization (NGO) regarding the activities of a suspected human trafficking group engaged in the sexual exploitation of minors under the guise of spa and wellness services.
The group allegedly offered victims to clients as “therapists” for so-called “nuru massage” and “lingam massage,” which, upon investigation, were found to involve sexual services in exchange for money.
Acting on the report, NBI-Homicide Division agents conducted extensive surveillance and monitoring and coordinated online with the subjects through social media platforms.
“This led operatives to an establishment identified as ‘Rainbow Spa,’ where undercover agents confirmed that illegal activities were being conducted there,” the NBI said in a news release Sunday.
During the operation, undercover agents were offered the services of two female therapists and were subsequently brought to a nearby apartelle.
After the marked money was handed over as payment, the operatives arrested the suspects, including two male individuals responsible for transporting and delivering the minor victims to clients.
The NBI said further investigation revealed that several victims and suspects were staying together in a residence located in Fortunata Village, Parañaque City.
The operation further uncovered that two minor victims were still being transported to service clients in separate locations.
“Follow-up investigation identified the alleged operators of the trafficking syndicate, a couple residing in Fourth Estate, Brgy. San Antonio, Parañaque City. A subsequent operation led to their successful arrest,” the NBI said.
“Simultaneously, another team of NBI-Homicide Division agents conducted a rescue operation at a motel in Pasay City, where a minor victim was rescued, and her male client was arrested. Additionally, another female victim was recovered during an inventory and verification operation conducted at the Fortunata Village residence,” it added.
The arrested subjects have already been inquested before the appropriate prosecutorial office for violations of RA 10364 and other applicable laws.
NBI Director Melvin A. Matibag commended the operatives of the NBI-Homicide Division for the successful conduct of the operations and reaffirmed the Bureau’s unwavering commitment against human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children.
Let me end this post by asking you readers: What do you think about this recent development? If you are a resident of Parañaque, are you concerned that illegal sexual operations could still be operating within the city in great numbers? Do you think there could be a few thousand more victims of human trafficking trapped in Parañaque?
You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.
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#ICE was kidnapping and #trafficking people in #Nashville this morning.
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#ICE was kidnapping and #trafficking people in #Nashville this morning.
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#ICE was kidnapping and #trafficking people in #Nashville this morning.
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#ICE was kidnapping and #trafficking people in #Nashville this morning.
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U.S. Returns Hundreds of Looted Antiquities to Italy
Italy’s Min…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #AlessandroGiuli #alvinbragg #Antiquities #archaeology #ArtCrime #artnet-news #carabinieri #Christie's #Crime #Etruscan #fbi #Greek #Hellenisticperiod #Herculaneum #History #HomelandSecurity #IronAge #law #Lawenforcement #looted #ManhattanDA #memorandumofunderstanding #MinistryofCulture #Politics #repatriation #Roman #RomanForum #TilmanJ.Fertitta #trafficking
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/212160/ Epstein sought money, power and women across Africa, Miami Herald reports #Africa #Epstein #JeffreyEpstein #trafficking #Wade
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Russia's Tuapse oil refinery disaster deepens after new drone strike -- Russia has a new missile: here's what we know about the S-71K -- Russia preparing to recruit thousands of foreign fighters in 2026 -- Russian Iskander missile storage facility in occupied Crimea hit, Ukraine's Special Forces release video ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/wednesday-april-29-2026/
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Mapping The Likely Routes Of Narco-Trafficking In Costa Rica
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-026-09745-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialeconomics #NarcoTrafficking #GeospatialAnalysis #IllicitSupplyChains #CostaRica #CentralAmerica #NetworkModeling #illegaldrugs #enforcement #monitoring #spatialanalysis #crime #crimeanalysis #routing #interception #illegalsupplychain #supplychain #logistics #cocaine #consumers #road #maritime #transithub #geospatialriskmodeling #trafficking #maximumflowframework #alldataisspatial #datagathering #geoint -
Mapping The Likely Routes Of Narco-Trafficking In Costa Rica
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-026-09745-y <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialeconomics #NarcoTrafficking #GeospatialAnalysis #IllicitSupplyChains #CostaRica #CentralAmerica #NetworkModeling #illegaldrugs #enforcement #monitoring #spatialanalysis #crime #crimeanalysis #routing #interception #illegalsupplychain #supplychain #logistics #cocaine #consumers #road #maritime #transithub #geospatialriskmodeling #trafficking #maximumflowframework #alldataisspatial #datagathering #geoint -
Mapping The Likely Routes Of Narco-Trafficking In Costa Rica
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialeconomics #NarcoTrafficking #GeospatialAnalysis #IllicitSupplyChains #CostaRica #CentralAmerica #NetworkModeling #illegaldrugs #enforcement #monitoring #spatialanalysis #crime #crimeanalysis #routing #interception #illegalsupplychain #supplychain #logistics #cocaine #consumers #road #maritime #transithub #geospatialriskmodeling #trafficking #maximumflowframework #alldataisspatial #datagathering #geoint -
Mapping The Likely Routes Of Narco-Trafficking In Costa Rica
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialeconomics #NarcoTrafficking #GeospatialAnalysis #IllicitSupplyChains #CostaRica #CentralAmerica #NetworkModeling #illegaldrugs #enforcement #monitoring #spatialanalysis #crime #crimeanalysis #routing #interception #illegalsupplychain #supplychain #logistics #cocaine #consumers #road #maritime #transithub #geospatialriskmodeling #trafficking #maximumflowframework #alldataisspatial #datagathering #geoint -
Mapping The Likely Routes Of Narco-Trafficking In Costa Rica
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialeconomics #NarcoTrafficking #GeospatialAnalysis #IllicitSupplyChains #CostaRica #CentralAmerica #NetworkModeling #illegaldrugs #enforcement #monitoring #spatialanalysis #crime #crimeanalysis #routing #interception #illegalsupplychain #supplychain #logistics #cocaine #consumers #road #maritime #transithub #geospatialriskmodeling #trafficking #maximumflowframework #alldataisspatial #datagathering #geoint -
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/21/iraq-yanar-mohammed-assassination-women-rights-activists-feminist-yazidi. "As well as organising the refuges, Mohammed ran #public #awareness campaigns through the #media about #sexual #slavery, #human #trafficking & #violence against #women, demanding #gender #equality. She also documented the #conditions of #female #survivors in the #shelters, especially those who had been rejected by their #families." #Children in #Iraq are permitted to marry at age 9. Yanar Mohammed was #Yazidi, so there was a #religious, as well as a #political, motive.
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Building Justice in a Digital World:…
Summary: Recently IJM trained Polish and Ukrainian law enforcement officers in Warsaw to investigate human trafficking in the…
#Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #capacity #changing #enforcement #human #investigate #justice #laid #officers #polish #rapidly #strengthened #trafficking #ukrainian #Warsaw
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Most states don't care or want to spend time doing caring about people home or elsewhere. #Extractions
And caring will always #undermine / change their #power #perspectives #capturing people / #monopoly / #trafficking etc.
All people come with mental baggage and historical war residue which many can't accept or want to help with
#SoftWar is harder to see than #HardWar)
Yes save people from #war but soft war is not great at solving things long-term.
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#ICE says it bought #Paragon’s #spyware to use in drug #trafficking cases
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European Heritage Hub: UNESCO launches a global course to safeguard cultural property from illicit trafficking. “To strengthen international efforts in this field, UNESCO, through the Antenna in Sarajevo of its Office in Venice and together with the Culture and Emergency Entity and its Illicit Trafficking and Return and Restitution Unit, is launching a massive open online course (MOOC) on […]
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राजधानी में इंटरनेशनल हथियार तस्करी नेटवर्क का भंडाफोड़, IAS के सपोर्ट से मंगवाते थे खतरनाक हथियार।
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_arms_smuggling_arrest
#SmugglingBust #DelhiCrime #CrimeBranch #PoliceOperation #Hawala #Trafficking #Pakistan #Nepal #Bangladesh #SecurityAlert #DelhiPolice #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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राजधानी में इंटरनेशनल हथियार तस्करी नेटवर्क का भंडाफोड़, IAS के सपोर्ट से मंगवाते थे खतरनाक हथियार।
https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_arms_smuggling_arrest
#SmugglingBust #DelhiCrime #CrimeBranch #PoliceOperation #Hawala #Trafficking #Pakistan #Nepal #Bangladesh #SecurityAlert #DelhiPolice #News
Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters
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@Dragofix 7 million juveniles trafficked!
And that's just one case.
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As a #psychologist for a human #trafficking prevention #hotline, Nelia Troychuk feels a sense of dread every time the phone rings. But each time it does, she steadies herself and focuses on helping.
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As a #psychologist for a human #trafficking prevention #hotline, Nelia Troychuk feels a sense of dread every time the phone rings. But each time it does, she steadies herself and focuses on helping.
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As a #psychologist for a human #trafficking prevention #hotline, Nelia Troychuk feels a sense of dread every time the phone rings. But each time it does, she steadies herself and focuses on helping.
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As a #psychologist for a human #trafficking prevention #hotline, Nelia Troychuk feels a sense of dread every time the phone rings. But each time it does, she steadies herself and focuses on helping.
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It is my opinion that the inhumane authoritarian Czech regime,through the fashion police,kidnapped kids as a revenge for not liking the aesthetic appearance of their home and for the children not being sent to IMO a child concentration camp to be brainwashed by regime propaganda.
"What brought the mother to the situation where she had to sleep in a tent with her children is not clear at this time." - this is IMO an indirect lie and it is very clear to me - it's because of the failure of the Czech state has reached such a level that the territory of Czechia is practically uninhabitable for many people, the health system is failing,psychiatry and social support dysfunctional,food and housing are available only to the rich,it's impossible to live on an ordinary salary so that people inevitably end up in such conditions.
As far as I know,even in the developing dictatorship of the 3rd world,Cambodia,the regime would not kidnap children from their parents because they are poor. In my this is child trafficking committed by the state and this does not happen in Cambodia either. In my opinion,the Czech Republic is a 4th world country.
It is my opinion that instead of providing them with social the Czech regime is abusing them in a gross and very psychologically painful way by kidnapping their children. In my opinion, kidnapping from parents is much worse for children than living in a tent with nicely arranged small pieces of furniture and a clean floor as I see in the photo and they allegedly have not been to the doctor or to school.
I feel
e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t
towards the Czech regime when I am seeing this.
#childtrafficking #trafficking #humantrafficking #abduction #childabudction #persecution #regime #authoritarianism #classism #discrimination #brutalregime #workingpoor #poverty #criminalizationofpoverty #czech #czechia #czechrepublic #eu #cambodia
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Je to můj názor že nelidský autoritářský český režim prostřednictvím módní policie unesl děti jako pomstu za to že se módní policii nelíbilo estetické ztvárnění jejich příbytku a že děti nebyly posílány do dle mého názoru koncentračního tábora pro děti na vymývání jejich mozků režimní propagandou.
"Co přivedlo matku do situace, kdy musela s dětmi přespávat ve stanu, v tuto chvíli není jasné." - toto je dle mého názoru nepřímá lež a mě je to velmi jasné - je to dané tím že selhání českého státu dosáhlo takové míry, že území Česka je pro spoustu lidí prakticky neobyvatelné, zdravotní systém je selhalý, psychiatrie a sociální podpora nefunkční, potraviny a bydlení dostupné pouze pro boháče, z běžného platu se nedá vyžít a tak lidé nutně končí v takovýchto podmínkách.
Co vím tak ani v rozvojové diktatuře 3. světa Kambodži by režim neunášel rodičům děti proto, že jsou chudí. Toto je dle mého názoru child trafficking páchané státem a ani v Kambodži se toto neděje. Česko je dle mého názoru země 4. světa.
Je to můj názor že místo aby jim český režim poskytl sociální podporu tak je hrubě a velmi psychicky bolestivě zneužívají únosem jejich dětí, únos od rodičů je dle mého názoru pro děti mnohem horší než to, že žijou ve stanu s hezky urovnanými hračkami, malými kusy nábytku a čistou podlahou jak vidím na fotografii a údajně nebyli u doktora nebo ve škole.
Cítím vůči českému režimu
e x t r é m n ě si l n é o p o v r ž e n í
když toto vidím.
#childtrafficking #trafficking #humantrafficking #abduction #childabudction #persecution #regime #authoritarianism #classism #discrimination #brutalregime #workingpoor #poverty #criminalizationofpoverty #czech #czechia #czechrepublic #eu #cambodia #abuse #stateabuse #state #stateperpetratedchildabduction #stateperpetratedchildtrafficking
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Tebow urges Congress to fight child trafficking, abuse in emotional plea
https://misryoum.com/us/politics/tebow-urges-congress-to-fight-child-trafficking-abuse/
NEWYou can now listen to US News Hub articles! Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow appeared on Capitol Hill this past week to urge lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee to pass legislation to better combat child exploitation, trafficking, and...
#Tebow #urges #Congress #fight #child #trafficking #abuse #emotional #plea #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com
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The current internet buzz about "EYES WIDE SHUT" being Stanley Kubrick's expose of the Jeffrey Epstein crowd piqued my interest enough for a rewatching, but I'm finding it quite the slog to get through. Have Cruise or Kidman ever played more unlikable characters? #jeffreyepstein #epsteinfiles #epstein #epsteincoverup #kubrick #stanleykubrick #TomCruise #NicoleKidman #movie #movies #film #films #drama #dramas #expose #rich #richfolk #thericharedifferent #eattherich #trafficking
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Agree / Disagree? #SexualMisconduct (using grades, funding, or degrees to obtain sex) = #Trafficking (using force, fraud, or coercion to obtain sex). 27 colleges with #Epstein ties tracked on #TheUList. Discuss. 🍎 ♀️ #PhDSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #HigherEd #PhDChat #WomenInStem
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Who are always accusing LGBTQ folks of being molesters? Christians.
Who always protects sexual molesters? Christians.
->After years of warnings, their study clearly said "He's sexually abusing orphans & stealing their money"
...so they left him in power another 4 years, then dumped the orphans on the street.
#ChristoFascism #church #molester #priest #abuser #Romanian #orphanage #school #sex #trafficking #children #California #MegaChurch #lawsuits #Havsgaard #GregLaurie
https://ministrywatch.com/more-lawsuits-filed-against-greg-laurie-and-harvest-christian-fellowship-for-abuse-in-romanian-orphanage/ -
Who are always accusing LGBTQ folks of being molesters? Christians.
Who always protects sexual molesters? Christians.
->After years of warnings, their study clearly said "He's sexually abusing orphans & stealing their money"
...so they left him in power another 4 years, then dumped the orphans on the street.
#ChristoFascism #church #molester #priest #abuser #Romanian #orphanage #school #sex #trafficking #children #California #MegaChurch #lawsuits #Havsgaard #GregLaurie
https://ministrywatch.com/more-lawsuits-filed-against-greg-laurie-and-harvest-christian-fellowship-for-abuse-in-romanian-orphanage/ -
Who are always accusing LGBTQ folks of being molesters? Christians.
Who always protects sexual molesters? Christians.
->After years of warnings, their study clearly said "He's sexually abusing orphans & stealing their money"
...so they left him in power another 4 years, then dumped the orphans on the street.
#ChristoFascism #church #molester #priest #abuser #Romanian #orphanage #school #sex #trafficking #children #California #MegaChurch #lawsuits #Havsgaard #GregLaurie
https://ministrywatch.com/more-lawsuits-filed-against-greg-laurie-and-harvest-christian-fellowship-for-abuse-in-romanian-orphanage/ -
Who are always accusing LGBTQ folks of being molesters? Christians.
Who always protects sexual molesters? Christians.
->After years of warnings, their study clearly said "He's sexually abusing orphans & stealing their money"
...so they left him in power another 4 years, then dumped the orphans on the street.
#ChristoFascism #church #molester #priest #abuser #Romanian #orphanage #school #sex #trafficking #children #California #MegaChurch #lawsuits #Havsgaard #GregLaurie
https://ministrywatch.com/more-lawsuits-filed-against-greg-laurie-and-harvest-christian-fellowship-for-abuse-in-romanian-orphanage/ -
Who are always accusing LGBTQ folks of being molesters? Christians.
Who always protects sexual molesters? Christians.
->After years of warnings, their study clearly said "He's sexually abusing orphans & stealing their money"
...so they left him in power another 4 years, then dumped the orphans on the street.
#ChristoFascism #church #molester #priest #abuser #Romanian #orphanage #school #sex #trafficking #children #California #MegaChurch #lawsuits #Havsgaard #GregLaurie
https://ministrywatch.com/more-lawsuits-filed-against-greg-laurie-and-harvest-christian-fellowship-for-abuse-in-romanian-orphanage/ -
As internet sleuths stir up dust seeking out deets and info on the recently revealed #redacted names hidden by #TeamBondi in the #EpsteinFiles it is key to note how the #DJT admin set out #ASAP to dismantle prior #Gov anti-#trafficking efforts
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As internet sleuths stir up dust seeking out deets and info on the recently revealed #redacted names hidden by #TeamBondi in the #EpsteinFiles it is key to note how the #DJT admin set out #ASAP to dismantle prior #Gov anti-#trafficking efforts
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As internet sleuths stir up dust seeking out deets and info on the recently revealed #redacted names hidden by #TeamBondi in the #EpsteinFiles it is key to note how the #DJT admin set out #ASAP to dismantle prior #Gov anti-#trafficking efforts
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#HigherEd figures from #Duke, #Harvard , #UCLA & #Yale reveàled as chums amongst #EpsteinFiles in latest doc drop.
#DOJ released a new batch of 3 million pages from #JeffreyEpstein case, revealing correspondence with prominent figures at top tier schools even after his 2008 conviction with name-drops including figures from #Kinsey Institute having lunch with Epstein and a former Israeli PM.
Latest doc dump includes over a half dozen top #academics in trove, prompting some #Edu institutional embarrassment.
Amongst those shown to have years of sporadic contacts are a prominent #Connecticut school's computer science professor David Gelernter, who was infamously injured after being targeted by #Unabomber Ted Kacynski, but later in life crafted correspondence casually chatting with the convicted sex offender regarding female students on campus he had working for him.
A controversial Duke "behavioral economics" professor named David Ariely who wrote an advice column in #WSJ for a decade is mentioned 636x, although he had previously confirmed only two meetings with Epstein, despite documents that now show at least seven personal interactions.
Others newly named include some top Harvard donors and academics along with those previously mentioned such as former #SocialSciences dean Stephen M. Kosslyn, "Evolution Center" director Martin Nowak and #LarrySummers.
#Florida police first began investigating #Epstein in March 2005 after a 14-year-old girl reported being molested at his home not far from Mar-A-Lago. Eventuallly arrested after a probe in 2006, he pleaded guilty to lesser prostitution charges through a non-prosecution agreement arranged by future #Drumpf admin official Alex Acosta in June 2008. By mid 2019, under add'l media scrutiny, #Epstein himself was found dead in a detention cell in #Federal custody while awaiting trial on new sex #trafficking charges.
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Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General #Todd #Blanche this week of having a "glaring" conflict of interest
when he shut down investigations into crypto companies, dealers and exchanges
and eliminated an enforcement team dedicated to looking for crypto-related fraud and money-laundering schemes.A letter written by Democratic Sens. Elizabeth #Warren, Dick #Durbin and Mazie #Hirono and signed by Sens. Sheldon #Whitehouse, Christopher #Coons and Richard #Blumenthal
cited a ProPublica investigation that revealed
👉Blanche owned at least $159,000 worth of crypto-related assets when he ordered an end to the work.Durbin, Hirono, Whitehouse, Coons and Blumenthal serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Justice Department.
The same senators previously sent a letter to Blanche raising concerns that his actions would help Donald Trump’s financial interests in cryptocurrency.
In their letter sent on Wednesday, they said Blanche’s actions appeared to violate the federal conflict of interest law.“Last year, we asked for the rationale behind your puzzling decision to scale back the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cryptocurrency enforcement efforts and urged you to reconsider.
We write now in light of recent reporting that you held substantial amounts of cryptocurrency at the time you made this decision,” the senators wrote.
“At the very least, you had a glaring conflict of interest and should have recused yourself.”Blanche, the second-highest-ranking official at the Justice Department, signed an #ethics #agreement 💥in February promising to dump his cryptocurrency within 90 days of his confirmation and not to participate in any matter that could have a “direct and predictable effect on my financial interests in the virtual currency” until his bitcoin and other crypto-related products were sold.
❌But on April 7, before he divested, he issued a memo titled
“Ending Regulation by Prosecution”
-- that halted investigations launched under President Joe Biden. In the memo, Blanche condemned the Biden Justice Department’s tough approach toward crypto as “a reckless strategy of regulation by prosecution, which was ill conceived and poorly executed.”🆘The memo disbanded the agency’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, which had won several high-profile crypto-related convictions.
Blanche said the agency would instead target only the terrorists and drug traffickers who illicitly used crypto, not the platforms that hosted them.Days later, the six senators urged Blanche to reconsider, contending that his decision would otherwise help support sanctions evasion, drug trafficking, scams and child exploitation.
🔥In their latest letter, they said their concerns had been realized.
They cited an independent report that found there was a surge in illicit cryptocurrency activities in 2025,
including crimes tied to
#money #laundering and
#human #trafficking.
They also questioned Blanche’s reasons for the policy shift.
⚠️“Certainly, President Trump’s financial interests seem to have motivated some of his pardons of criminals convicted of cryptocurrency-related crimes,” their letter stated.
⚠️“But the fact that you held substantial amounts of cryptocurrency at the time you made this decision calls into question your own motivations"https://www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-conflict-senator-letter
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I can highly recommend watching the #movie "The sound of #freedom"! 🎞️ It's a very serious topic with child #trafficking – but it's a lovely story, based on a true story, and I learned a lot. 💡 I hope that you want to watch this movie, too, to become more #aware about the problem – and to get hope by the acting of the main actor. 💪
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The crosswinds of AI, sustainability, and human rights enter the mainstream in 2026 AI competitiveness and legitimacy will hinge not just on technical advances but on how companies ensure human rig...
#Sustainability #Corporates #Global #Trade #Management #Government #Human #Capital #human #trafficking #Risk
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#MissUniverse #owners in #Mexico, #Thailand hit with fraud, trafficking claims
"Miss Universe #beauty #pageant was hit by fresh #scandal days after it ended, with the #Mexican co-owner of te contest accused of #trafficking #drugs & #arms & his #Thai counterpart accused of #fraud. This year's Miss Universe contest concluded last week in Thailand with a win for #MissMexico"
🤦♂️>> This global pageant is no longer a serious #institution & 2025 results questionable. #wasteoftime
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/miss-universe-owners-in-mexico-thailand-hit-with-fraud-trafficking-claims -
#MissUniverse #owners in #Mexico, #Thailand hit with fraud, trafficking claims
"Miss Universe #beauty #pageant was hit by fresh #scandal days after it ended, with the #Mexican co-owner of te contest accused of #trafficking #drugs & #arms & his #Thai counterpart accused of #fraud. This year's Miss Universe contest concluded last week in Thailand with a win for #MissMexico"
🤦♂️>> This global pageant is no longer a serious #institution & 2025 results questionable. #wasteoftime
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/miss-universe-owners-in-mexico-thailand-hit-with-fraud-trafficking-claims -
#MissUniverse #owners in #Mexico, #Thailand hit with fraud, trafficking claims
"Miss Universe #beauty #pageant was hit by fresh #scandal days after it ended, with the #Mexican co-owner of te contest accused of #trafficking #drugs & #arms & his #Thai counterpart accused of #fraud. This year's Miss Universe contest concluded last week in Thailand with a win for #MissMexico"
🤦♂️>> This global pageant is no longer a serious #institution & 2025 results questionable. #wasteoftime
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/miss-universe-owners-in-mexico-thailand-hit-with-fraud-trafficking-claims -
#MissUniverse #owners in #Mexico, #Thailand hit with fraud, trafficking claims
"Miss Universe #beauty #pageant was hit by fresh #scandal days after it ended, with the #Mexican co-owner of te contest accused of #trafficking #drugs & #arms & his #Thai counterpart accused of #fraud. This year's Miss Universe contest concluded last week in Thailand with a win for #MissMexico"
🤦♂️>> This global pageant is no longer a serious #institution & 2025 results questionable. #wasteoftime
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/miss-universe-owners-in-mexico-thailand-hit-with-fraud-trafficking-claims -
#MissUniverse #owners in #Mexico, #Thailand hit with fraud, trafficking claims
"Miss Universe #beauty #pageant was hit by fresh #scandal days after it ended, with the #Mexican co-owner of te contest accused of #trafficking #drugs & #arms & his #Thai counterpart accused of #fraud. This year's Miss Universe contest concluded last week in Thailand with a win for #MissMexico"
🤦♂️>> This global pageant is no longer a serious #institution & 2025 results questionable. #wasteoftime
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/miss-universe-owners-in-mexico-thailand-hit-with-fraud-trafficking-claims
