Hidden in Plain Sight: The Shocking Origins of the Jeffrey Epstein Case

Epstein is only the latest incarnation of a much older, more extensive and sophisticated operation that offers a frightening window into how deeply tied the U.S. government is to the modern-day equivalents of organized crime.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Roy Cohn Jeffrey Epstein Rosenstiel feature photo

Despite his “sweetheart” deal and having seemingly evaded justice, billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was arrested earlier this month on federal charges for sex trafficking minors. Epstein’s arrest has again brought increased media attention to many of his famous friends, the current president among them.  Many questions have since been

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In Mexico, Resistance to Govt Collusion with Capitalists and Organized Crime Triggers Criminalization of Dissent

Desperate to contain unrest and rising social discontent, Mexican state officials are working to criminalize activists but are finding that repression can serve to bring more people into political struggle.

José Luis Granados Ceja
By José Luis Granados Ceja
Members of the Mexicali Resiste Movement demonstrate against the theft of the local water supply by brewing Constellation Brewing. Screenshot | YouTube

MEXICO CITY -- Leon Fierro spent 20 days in a Mexican jail on trumped-up attempted-homicide charges he says came on orders from the government. Upon his release, the human rights activist returned to organizing Mexicans against efforts to privatize their water, visiting Mexico City to speak out against the government’s efforts to intimidate him and

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Arizona Republicans Want Racketeering Laws Applied To Protesters

“By including rioting in racketeering laws, it actually permits police to arrest those who are planning events.”

James Holbrooks
By James Holbrooks
In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, protestors gather around Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, Arizona's immigration bill SB1070 author, outside the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

(REPORT) --- If Republicans in Arizona’s senate have their way, police in that state could soon have the power to seize assets and property from protesters, the Arizona Capitol Times reports. From a February 22 article: “Claiming people are being paid to riot, Republican state senators voted Wednesday to give police new power to arrest anyone

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Progressive or Chameleon? Corruption Case Targets Mysterious Calif. Lawmaker

A California politician has made a career out of telling people what they want to hear. Now he’s facing fierce allegations that could answer the question: Who is Leland Yee?

Matthew Heller
By Matthew Heller

LOS ANGELES --- Throughout his 26 years in politics, California state Sen. Leland Yee has been something of an enigma, even to his supporters. “[W]ho is Leland Yee?” the San Francisco Bay Guardian asked in August 2011, when Yee was running for mayor of San Francisco after eight years in the California Legislature. Yee, the first Asian-American to

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Mass. Sex Trafficking Law Not Used To Prosecute ‘Johns’

Due to a lack resources and knowledge of the law, and resistance to hold “johns” accountable, the law has never been used to prosecute buyers or pimps.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

Human trafficking is the fastest-growing organized crime industry in the U.S., according to the FBI, with one in 10 American men admitting they have purchased sex at one point in their lives. In order to prevent what appeared to be an inevitable increase in the number of human trafficking victims to keep up with the demand for prostitutes in the

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Desperate Buyers, Desperate Sellers Drive Global Black Market In Human Organs

Another type of human trafficking has increased in recent years: the illegal sale of human organs on the black market.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

Although sexual exploitation is what comes to mind when most people think of human trafficking, another type of human trafficking has increased in recent years: the illegal sale of human organs on the black market. As a report last August by Fox News found, the demand for most black market organs comes from wealthy nations such as the United

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