Human Trafficking

The corruption-ridden Honduran police force needs urgent purging, according to academics and human rights activists. Involvement of police, from chiefs all the way down to bottom-ranking officers, in criminal activities--homicide, drug-trafficking, car theft,...

Twenty-two years after the US invasion of Panama in 1989 removed him from power (NotiCen, Dec. 22, 1989), former dictator Manuel Noriega (1983-1989) arrived in his home country on Dec. 11. Since 2010,...

A federal court rejected a second attempt by President Felipe Calderon's administration to extradite high-profile drug trafficker Sandra Avila Beltran to the US. Avila Beltran, known as La Reina del Pacifico (Queen of...

The following list describes new laws that have an impact on business and took effect Jan. 1, unless otherwise noted. * Credit Check AB 22 prohibits employers and prospective employers, not including certain...

Screen highlights some of the new actors and directors from around the world who shone in 2011, while a selection of industry figures describe their stand-out films for the year. Frederikke Aspock, director...

The year 2011 may not go down as the most memorable on record but it certainly had its share of Good News--The Social Security Administration announced it is adding 12 Compassionate Allowances conditions...

In April 2010, Barack Obama convinced leaders from forty-seven countries to meet in Washington and discuss a topic to which most had previously paid scarce attention: securing vulnerable nuclear materials. Most of these...

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP received a Special Recognition for Service award by the Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network (GAIN) for its continued support and involvement with the organization...

OSAKA, Japan & LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502, "Takeda") and Intellikine, Inc. ("Intellikine") today announced that Takeda America Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Takeda, and Intellikine, a...

Lingering allegations of election tampering have poked new holes in President Daniel Ortega's already threadbare democratic credentials. They are not, however, likely to stop him next month from donning Nicaragua's presidential sash for...

Honduras, a country severely hit by extreme poverty, is the stage for an unfolding drama of killings, threats, and general violence spiraling out of control (NotiCen, Feb. 3, 2011). While the German-Honduran Development...

No Merit to Claim Against Firm's Client, The WISE Foundation JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Law Firm of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell PLC (Rainey Kizer) has obtained voluntary dismissal of a case alleging...

Why has Hyatt been so quiet about its environment programme? Local relevance is important to us. We've got hundreds of stories of small initiatives that are making an impact, but not one headline....

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- H.H. Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, met delegations participating in the 2nd International Seminar for...

The global economic crisis has prompted Latin American countries to seek a more independent course, including a reduced reliance on the US economy, and this trend was evident in early December. Just days...

The new year will pose unprecedented challenges and risks for organizations worldwide ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- iJET International Inc., a leading provider of global intelligence and business resiliency services, today issued its forecast for...

Sales benefit people in developing world, using skills to work their way out of poverty MENLO PARK, Calif. -- "It's a first for us," said Jim Candy, a Menlo Park Presbyterian Church pastor....

Make Demand of Village Voice to Shut Down Adult Section of Backpage.com on UN Abolition of Slavery Day WASHINGTON -- A coalition of fifty-three leading anti-trafficking experts and organizations have sent a letter...

The annual American Association of SNAP Directors (AASD) conference was held October 9-12 in Columbus, Ohio. An estimated 150 state, federal, and advocate partners attended the four-day event on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...