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Thursday 26 November 2020
The migrants were being smuggled from Africa to Yemen.
The slaves are forced to call their families, and beaten while on the phone, to get money demanded for their freedom.
Around 400 exotic animals are rescued every year by Italy’s police and forest guard.
A new UNICEF report is highlighting the treacherous journeys of the world’s migrant and refugee children.
Belgian police had tried to check a car at a parking area known to be used by people smugglers when it took off across the border.
Immigrants had paid £10,000 before leaving India and were then held hostage at a flat in England.
I am a believer in tight border security, but I cannot turn a blind eye wanton waste of life in the Mediterranean.
Once it has been approved by the UN security council, however.
The train was carrying people from Honduras and Guatemala, who are believed to have paid smugglers to let them sit on freight cars.
Government must do more to tackle smuggling problem, retailers tell TheJournal.ie, following €1.5m haul of cigarettes in Enniscorthy town yesterday.
Retailers Against Smuggling has called for the government to impose a minimum fine for cigarette smuggling.
Smugglers will try almost anything to bring goods into a country – even if those goods are live animals… or humans. We take a look at 10 weird cases.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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