News tagged with trafficking
Rare, once-royal turtle to be tracked in Cambodia
(AP) -- One of the world's most endangered turtles has been released into a Cambodian river with a satellite transmitter attached to its shell to track how it will navigate through commercial fishing grounds ...
Jan 21, 2012 |
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Google donating $11.5M to fight modern slavery
(AP) -- Tech giant Google announced Wednesday it is donating $11.5 million to several coalitions fighting to end the modern-day slavery of some 27 million people around the world.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Researcher studies the globalization of sex trafficking and the organizations that work to stop it
In today's world, human trafficking is not an isolated problem, but a growing global issue. A Kansas State University professor is studying ways that anti-trafficking groups are fighting back.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Smuggled dinosaur eggs returned to Romania
Three unique dwarf dinosaur eggs that were stolen and smuggled to Italy, were returned to Romania on Wednesday, the interior ministry said.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Newly deciphered diary muddles Livingstone legend
He is one of history's most famous explorers, and his first-person account of a 19th-century massacre in Africa helped lead to the closure of one of the continent's most notorious slave markets.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Montel Williams: Israel leads in medical marijuana
(AP) -- Emmy Award-winning television personality and patient activist Montel Williams said Sunday he was impressed with Israel's liberal attitude toward medical marijuana, and he believes the U.S. could ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 31, 2011 |
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NYC man pleads guilty to kidney trafficking
(AP) -- A New York man pleaded guilty Thursday to what experts said was the first ever proven case of black-market organ trafficking in the United States.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Gun traffickers exploit differences in state laws
Every state in America legislates its own gun laws, but not without significant spillover effects on nearby states, according to a new study by Brown University economist Brian Knight. In a National Bureau of Economic Research ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2011 |
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New discovery could change the face of cell-biology research
Rewrite the textbooks and revisit old experiments, because there's a new cog in our cellular machinery that has been discovered by researchers from the University of Alberta and the University of Cambridge Institute for Medical ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Burglars hunt down rhinos in museums
It was a daring daytime robbery at the natural science museum.
Jul 31, 2011 |
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Credit card hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison
Rogelio Hackett, who stole more than half a million credit card numbers used to rack up nearly $40 million in illicit debt, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and fined $100,000.
Jul 23, 2011 |
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ONR technology to aid in war on drugs
A multi-agency task force charged with eliminating illegal drug trafficking is installing a new software technology developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the command announced July 21.
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Women's voice blocked by asylum seeking process -- study reveals
Women refugees are not being processed fairly according to a University of Melbourne led study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Brazil government identifies uncontacted tribe
(AP) -- The Brazilian government confirmed this week the existence of an uncontacted tribe in a southwestern area of the Amazon rain forest.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Advanced CT with 3-D scanning improve detection of drug trafficking and other contraband smuggling
With the high prevalence of drug abuse and trafficking in major cities throughout the world, one new study shows how advanced CT with 3D scanning can help radiologists better identify ingested or hidden contraband items more ...
May 02, 2011 |
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