Human trafficking
Police enforce prostitution law unevenly, trafficking victims face visa barriers, comptroller finds
The audit, conducted from December 2024 through July 2025, examined enforcement of the law, investigations into trafficking for prostitution, protection of victims, and decisions on residence visas.
Two suspects indicted for running human trafficking network in Haifa, Kiryat Shmona
Syria’s missing women: What really happened to Batoul Alloush? - exclusive
WATCH: Israel Police arrest seven individuals on suspicion of running human trafficking ring
Stolen child reunites with birth mother after 42 years apart
Jimmy Lippert Thyden from Virginia reunited with his Chilean birth mother last week after an entire life of separation.
This traveler uncovered a secret corridor behind her hotel room's closet
A woman uploaded a terrifying video to TikTok in which she accidentally discovered a rather scary hidden room in her hotel: "It looks like it's taken from a horror movie."
Over 1 million women went missing in India from 2019 to 2021 - report
Causes cited in regard to the tremendous number of missing women were trafficking for forced marriage, domestic work, sexual exploitation, and child labor.
'Sound of Freedom' movie rings with Torah values - opinion
The movie claims that there are more people enslaved today as sex slaves than at any other time in history, even when slavery was legal.
Israel warns of human trafficking risk of surrogate mothers abroad
These risks include “indications of a violation of the basic rights of the surrogate women and their dignity, while objectifying them and limiting their freedom.”
Letters to the Editor, June 21, 2023: Fulminating hatred
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Andrew Tate to stand trial in Romania for human trafficking, sex crimes
The Tate brothers, former kickboxers who have US and British nationality with millions of online followers, are the highest-profile suspects to be sent to trial in Romania for human trafficking.
Hungary frees 777 Ukrainians, others convicted of human trafficking
"Incarcerating foreign nationals costs Hungarian prisons billions of forints each year," the BvOP press office said in its emailed reply.
Iranian leader of women trafficking network executed by Islamic Republic
Shahrouz Sokhnori was sentenced to death and found guilty of corruption for trafficking women across the Middle East and Asia.
Did a Chinese man kidnap his granddaughter to pay his gambling debt? - report
The grandfather supposedly blamed his daughter, the granddaughter's mother, for the entire incident. When it happened is unclear, but it reflects the issue of child trafficking.