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Fall River Woman Pleads Guilty to Leading Sex-Trafficking Ring Involving Minors

The plea sets up a 15 to 18 year recommendation with restitution, leaving the sentence to the judge.

Madurai Court Sentences 9 Tamil Nadu Policemen to Death in Sathankulam Custodial Killings

Final Photo Resurfaces in 2017 Murder of Au Pair Sophie Lionnet

UN Panel Asks General Assembly to Take Up Mexico’s Disappearances

Chile’s New Government Moves to Scrap Colonia Dignidad Expropriation for Memorial

EU Condemns Israel’s Terrorism Death Penalty Bill as Final Vote Nears

Taliban Record 1,186 Floggings, Six Public Executions Across Afghanistan Over Past Year

Cambridge Man Indicted on Federal Sex-Trafficking Charges Including Trafficking of a Minor

Mexico Detains 'El Padrino,' Alleged Leader of International Trafficking Ring in Jalisco

Three Relatives Charged in Alleged Sequestration and Torture Death of Liliane Coinchelin

Spain Designates Franco-Era Tefía Camp as First LGTBIQ+ Place of Memory

ICC Opens Duterte Charges Hearing as Prosecutors Detail Alleged Role in Drug-War Killings

Federal Court Opens Hearings in Brumadinho Dam Collapse Case

Greece Sends Experts After Photos of 1944 Kaisariani Executions Surface Online

HRCP Seeks Judicial Commission on Alleged Staged ‘Encounters’ by Punjab CCD

Pakistan Forms New Panel to Re-Examine Missing Persons Cases

Bangladesh Ex-Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen Dies in Custody Days Before Vote

UN Torture-Prevention Panel Warns of Grave Risk in Mexico's Unregulated Addiction Centers

UN Rights Chief Launches $400 Million Appeal as Office Enters ‘Survival Mode’

CBI Charges Two Delhi Policemen in Faizan’s Death, Drops Murder Count