Category: Human Trafficking

Cartels Using Migrants as ‘Human Shields’ for Drug Smuggling: Ex-Border Patrol Chief

As historic numbers of illegal migrants at the U.S.–Mexico border continue to draw the attention of law enforcement and the nation as a whole, the drug cartels are taking advantage of that distraction, according to former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott. In a March 28 interview with Steve Lance of NTD News, The Epoch…


Judge OKs Lawsuits Against JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank for Epstein Connections

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank will face lawsuits over claims they enabled disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to traffic his victims, a New York federal judge ruled on March 20. Two women referred to as “Jane Doe” filed federal class-action lawsuits against the banks in November last year, and the U.S. Virgin…


The Southern Border Is a Hybrid War Zone

Commentary The March 12 incident on the Paso Del Norte Bridge confirms the U.S.-Mexico border is once again a war zone. The March 12 Incident is an outrage that demonstrates the United States is currently under continuous hybrid war assault. The hybrid war’s current weapons: deadly drugs (fentanyl), human trafficking (to include child sex and…


Destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels

Commentary The tragic killing of two U.S. citizens this week in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, should, in a just world, refocus American attention on the glaring problem of transnational drug cartels’ de facto control of large swaths of our perilously porous southern border. That the two Americans killed may have been mistaken by…


JPMorgan Sues Former Executive Over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

JPMorgan Chase is suing one of its former executives, Jes Staley, over his ties to the late financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who died mysteriously while in prison in an alleged suicide, in 2019. In late 2022, a female plaintiff filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan, accusing Staley, who was employed there from 1979 to 2013, of allegedly…


US Taxpayers Shoulder Annual Burden of $151 Billion for Illegal Immigration, Study Finds

U.S. taxpayers are footing a $151 billion bill each year to cover the cost of illegal immigration, according to a new study published on March 8 by a Washington-based immigration group. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) study concludes that American taxpayers pay around $182 billion annually to provide services and benefits to about…


Border Officials Say Technology Is Good, But People Make the Difference

At a hearing to discuss the technology needed to secure the nation’s borders, one Homeland Security official said that without one critical resource, all the technology in the world would be useless. “Technology will never replace the men and women pursuing what the technology uncovers,” said Anthony Salisbury, acting deputy executive associate director for Homeland…


California Lawmaker Seeks to Classify Sex Trafficking as Violent Felony

Sex trafficking could be reclassified as a violent felony in California under proposed legislation filed by a Republican assemblyman. “Everything wrong about California criminal law is laid out in our statutes pertaining to human trafficking: currently, trafficking children for sexual purposes is not considered a violent felony,” Assemblyman Joe Patterson (R-Rocklin) said in a release….


Police Rescue 64 Mexicans From Human Trafficking Ring in Ontario

Police have rescued 64 Mexican-born workers who were exploited for labour by a human trafficking ring that operated across the Greater Toronto Area. Seven people have been charged, including five arrested on multiple criminal charges. Police said the victims were living in “deplorable conditions” including overcrowding, with dozens of people sleeping on mattresses on the…


DeSantis Calls For Tougher Florida Laws Against Illegal Immigration

Underscoring his intention to combat what he said he saw as the Biden administration’s failed border policies, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced new initiatives to crack down on illegal immigration. Speaking in Jacksonville, DeSantis proposed attacking the problem from numerous directions. The new measures would toughen penalties for human smuggling, require all employers in the…