Two suspected drug traffickers arrested with heroin worth Ksh.6M in Mombasa

By Ian Omondi,

Two people, a man and a woman, were on Tuesday arrested in Mombasa Old Town with heroin worth Ksh.6 million recovered from their house. The police ...

HEROIN , Mombasa County. , Old Town

New Nollywood film ‘Oloture’ sheds light on human trafficking in Nigeria

By CNN,

Dressed in a transparent and colorful blouse, a sex worker in Lagos, the commercial center of Nigeria jumps out the window of a room at a party to avo...

Netflix , oloture

Authorities burn Ksh.2M bhang haul at Kerugoya stadium

By Boniface Thuku,

Central region security team led by central Region Commissioner Wilfred Nyagwanga have destroyed a bhang haul with an estimated street value of Ksh.2M...

Kerugoya stadium

Two arrested ferrying bhang worth millions to Nairobi

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Two suspected drug traffickers were arrested on Wednesday ferrying bhang worth millions of shillings to Nairobi from Namanga. The two identified as...

bhang

Ronaldinho flies home to Brazil after Paraguayan judge frees him

By Reuters,

Former world soccer star Ronaldinho Gaucho left Paraguay on Tuesday, hours after a judge liberated him from five months of house arrest over an adulte...

Flies home to Brazil , house arrest , Paraguay , Ronaldinho

Kenyan woman’s ordeal casts light on India as sex trafficking route

By Reuters,

J’s cousin promised her a well paid job in India as a housekeeper. Instead, she found herself in a brothel until the United Nations brought her home...

Kenyan consulate in Lebanon , sex trafficking

3 men sentenced to 125 years each over drowning of Syrian boy

By CNN,

Three human traffickers have been sentenced in a Turkish court to 125 years each in prison over the tragic drowning in 2015 of Syrian toddler Alan K...

Alan Kurdi , human traffickers , Syria

OPINION: Uhuru’s support for war on drugs key in keeping the country clean

By Citizen,

By Michael Cherambos The war on drugs is not an issue typically associated with our country. Although Kenyans are not major consumers of drugs, our...

Kenya Gov’t sued over Nepalese women trafficked for sex

By Paul Ombati,

The Kenyan government has been sued for allegedly failing to protect five Nepalese women who were trafficked into the country for sexual exploitation....

Nepalese , trafficking

Wanted drug trafficker arrested, JKUAT girl nabbed in his house

By Citizen Reporter,

Police in Nairobi have arrested a suspected drug trafficker said to have been on the run since May this year. Hillary Wanjiku Wachira, who police d...

Caroline Nyambura Gituma , Hillary Wanjiku Wachira , Juja , Kiambu County

Police nab suspect with 5 marijuana sacks worth Ksh.4M in Mombasa

By Citizen Reporter,

Police in Mombasa County have arrested a man who was found with five sacks of marijuana estimated to have street value worth Ksh. 4million. The mar...

drug trafficking , marijuana

Drug lord Baktash Akasha sentenced to 25 years in U.S prison

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyan drug lord Baktash Akasha Abdalla has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for drug-trafficking. Akasha, 41, was at the same time ordered to ...

Baktash Akasha , Drug lord , Ibrahim Akasha , U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara

Bhang worth over Ksh.6 million destroyed in Migori

By George Juma,

Bhang worth Ksh.6 million was on Friday destroyed by Police in Rongo town, Migori County. The mid-morning exercise which followed a court order, wa...

Court Destroys Bhang , Migori County , Rongo Law Court

Thousands protest against Honduran President after drug link surfaces

By VOA,

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday to urge Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to step down, just days after ...

Drug trafficking charges , Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez

150 migrants die in shipwreck off the coast of Libya

By CNN,

At least 150 people have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) confirmed. Around 300 peop...

libya , Mediterranean , migrants , UNHCR

Mexican officials find 51 migrants in truck using giant X-ray scanner

By VOA,

Mexican officials using a large X-ray scanner at a checkpoint in the central state of Zacatecas found 51 Central American migrants in hidden compartme...

immigrants , Mexico , National Migration Institute

Saudi Arabia, Cuba among world’s worst in fighting human trafficking, US says

By VOA,

Saudi Arabia and Cuba are now on a list of countries the United States considers derelict in their responsibilities to combat human trafficking, raisi...

cuba , Human Trafficking , International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Saudi Arabia

African refugees evacuated from Libya to Italy, more help needed: U.N.

By Reuters,

A total of 149 Africans in Libya were evacuated to Italy on Thursday, but more states must help people escape deteriorating conditions in Tripoli afte...

Commander Khalifa Haftar , libya , refugees , U.N

Thousands of women sold into sex slavery in China – Report

By CNN,

Thousands of North Korean women and girls are being trafficked and sold into sexual slavery in China, where many are sold as wives to Chinese men whil...

china , girls , human rights , KFI , North Korean , persecution , sex , slavery , sold , Thousands , women

American couple demand answers, says Kenyan authorities took 3-year-old in their custody

By CNN,

An American couple living in Nairobi, Kenya, is demanding answers after a three-year-old boy in their custody, they say, was taken away by authorities...

Baby Kiano , Baby Kiano Baby Kiano Matt Mazzoncini , Daisy Mazzoncini , Matt Mazzoncini , Mogra Children's Centre , zoncini