Dating app scams see 'significant surge' in Nigeria
Dating apps scams targeting LGBTQ+ individuals are increasing in Nigeria, instigated by criminal groups known as kito to exploit sexual identities for blackmail.
Nigeria: gunmen kidnap 15 children in dawn raid on school
Gunmen abducted 15 pupils from a school in Nigeria in a dawn raid.
Kidnappings at schools in Nigeria are being carried out by criminal gangs seeking ransom payments.
Dating app scams see 'significant surge' in Nigeria
Dating apps scams targeting LGBTQ+ individuals are increasing in Nigeria, instigated by criminal groups known as kito to exploit sexual identities for blackmail.
Nigeria: gunmen kidnap 15 children in dawn raid on school
Gunmen abducted 15 pupils from a school in Nigeria in a dawn raid.
Kidnappings at schools in Nigeria are being carried out by criminal gangs seeking ransom payments.
Seven-year-old girl dies after makeshift boat heading to UK capsizes in France
Criminal smugglers use inland routes to avoid coast detection
Collaboration among EU countries to combat people-smuggling gangs
Rwanda plan puts modern slavery victims at further risk of exploitation - campaigners
Hostile immigration policies in the UK are putting asylum seekers at risk of exploitation by criminal gangs in the underground economy.
New data shows a spike in cases of modern slavery, with 591 cases recorded between January and March 2023, compared to 556 in the same period in 2022.
Wildlife smugglers 'freer to offend' after police cuts
Criminal gangs may find it easier to smuggle endangered species and illegal wildlife products into the UK due to cutbacks in the Metropolitan Police's wildlife crime unit.