How Russia's Wagner group exploits Africa to fund the Ukraine war
Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner army has been key to Putin's war on Ukraine. CBS News' has discovered how it's paid for by "profiteering" in Africa.
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American Airlines mechanic convicted of stashing cocaine under jet cockpit
The mechanic could face up to 20 years in prison for possession, smuggling and conspiracy.
U.S. citizen tried to export 5,680 rounds of ammunition into Mexico
Jesus Alberto Olivarez, a U.S. citizen, was on his way to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico when authorities found a total of 5,680 live rounds of pistol ammunition hidden in Olivarez's PT cruiser.
U.S., Canada agree to share data on guns, drug smuggling
Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Ottawa signed four new or updated agreements with Washington.
3 family members charged with human smuggling, forced labor at Massachusetts restaurants
The men were first charged by authorities in October, but new charges were announced in April.
Six people found dead in marsh near Canada's U.S. border
Local police noted in January that people involved in human smuggling had attempted to utilize shorelines along the St. Lawrence River in the area.
Nigerian politician convicted in "horrific" U.K. organ harvesting case
The senior prosecutor in the case said the couple involved, along with a U.K. doctor found guilty alongside them, had shown "utter disregard for the victim's welfare."
Whole families among victims who paid $8K each for "voyage of death"
At least 64 people, including eight children, died when their overcrowded wooden boat slammed into shoals just a few hundred yards off Italy's coast.
Authorities rescue 43 migrants found packed into a van in Bulgaria
The rescue came just days after 18 people who were crammed into a lumber truck, "pressed against each other like in a tin can," were found dead.
New Hampshire man charged in Russian smuggling ring
A New Hampshire man has been indicted on federal charges for his alleged involvement in a Russian smuggling ring. Brendan McCarthy, a deputy projects editor for The Boston Globe, joined CBS News to discuss the case.
Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg gets 11 years for sex trafficking of minor
Greenberg's arrest led to a federal probe into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz.
At least 3 men shot; 9 detained in suspected human smuggling incident
Investigators are still unsure exactly where the shooting took place.
Brittney Griner appealing her case in Russia
In Russia, jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner is appealing her drug smuggling conviction. She was appearing via a video feed from a women’s detention center outside moscow. The judge's verdict is expected Tuesday as well. The high-stakes race for Senate in Pennsylvania will see Democrat John Fetterman facing off with his Republican opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz in their first and only debate. And the White House says President Biden will be speaking with Britain's new prime minister Rishi Sunak in the coming days.
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Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison; Minor league players live in retirement community during baseball season
Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison
A Russian court found WNBA star Brittney Griner guilty of deliberately smuggling drugs into the country and sentenced her to nine years in prison. President Biden denounced the verdict. Attention now turns to the possibility of a high-stakes prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia. Nancy Cordes has the details.
Boat in suspected smuggling incident capsizes
At least three people were killed and more than two dozen others were hospitalized after a boat capsized and broke apart just off the San Diego coast. Officials suspect it was a human smuggling operation. CBS affiliate KFMB-TV's Kerri Lane reports. Read more here.
47 Texas migrant truck victims now identified, including a 13-year-old
The tedious process of identification continues, but some families have already confirmed their losses.
Migrant semi-trailer survivor reveals what may have saved her life
Speaking by phone from her hospital bed, 20-year-old Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás said "people were yelling, some cried."
Parents pray missing teens not among 53 found dead in tractor-trailer
Parents are re-reading last messages, swiping through photos, waiting for a phone call and praying.
Crash kills 4 in suspected smuggling case
Four people died and three were critically injured after a vehicle carrying migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border crashed into a parked tractor-trailer in Encinal, Texas. It comes days after 53 migrants died from being trapped inside a hot tractor-trailer in San Antonio. Omar Villafranca reports.
Couple who died in tractor-trailer headed to U.S. for a "different life"
As families began to confirm their worst fears, a common narrative of pursuing a better life took shape from Honduras to Mexico.
Death toll rises to 53 after bodies of migrants found in Texas tractor-trailer
More than a dozen others were taken to local hospitals with heat-related injuries.
Human Cargo | 60 Minutes Archive
From 2018, Scott Pelley's report on illegal immigrants, in the hands of professional smugglers, trapped in a system of cruelty, neglect, and death.
Ghislaine Maxwell should spend 30 to 55 years in prison, prosecutors argue
Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking and convicted in December for helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse teenage girls.
Major smuggling tunnel found under U.S.-Mexico border
Six people are under arrest after U.S. authorities discovered a drug smuggling tunnel between San Diego and Tijuana. The tunnel was equipped with rail tracks, ventilation and electricity.
Trump says he'll start paying for ads after pushback over taxpayer funding
Jim Bakker, who co-founded "The PTL Club" but fell into disgrace, dies at 86
Trump suggests letting Iran "take out" LA, San Diego during rally
Rubio calls on Russia to be more open about plague lab worker's death
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Alleged Chinese agent makes federal court appearance
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