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The Star
09-05-2025
- The Star
Brunei joins workshop on Asean legal cooperation to combat human trafficking
The delegation in a group photo. - RBPF BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: A delegation from Brunei recently attended a workshop on the Asean International Legal Cooperation (ILC) Handbook and Asean International Legal Cooperation (ILC) Compendium in Bangkok, Thailand. The delegation included personnel from the Prime Minister's Office, the Criminal Justice Division of the Attorney General's Chamber, the Human Trafficking Investigation Unit (USPM) of the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), and the Immigration and National Registration Department, who attended as representatives of the National Working Committee on Anti-Trafficking in Persons. The two-day workshop, held on May 6 and 7, was organised by the Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime in cooperation with Counter Trafficking Asean-Australia (Asean-ACT) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The workshop's objectives align with the implementation of the Asean Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (ACTIP), and the Asean Multi-Sectoral Work Plan Against TIP 2023-2028 (Bohol TIP Work Plan 2.0). It aims to strengthen international legal cooperation (formal and informal) among Asean member states, in line with Asean member states' laws on cross-border crimes, especially trafficking in persons (TIP) cases. The project aims to update the Asean Handbook on International Legal Cooperation in Cases of Trafficking in Persons and prepare an Asean Compendium on International Legal Cooperation in Cases of Trafficking in Persons. It also aimed at disseminating information to more stakeholders about the Asean Handbook and the Asean Compendium on Trafficking in Persons Cases to explore any future collaboration. The two documents are expected to be further discussed for endorsement during the 25th Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime (SOMTC). The workshop was attended by 69 representatives from various Asean Sectoral Bodies, including participants from 11 countries. The programme also promoted international cooperation and the exchange of ideas and views on the increasingly complex issue of human trafficking, ensuring a stronger response against all forms of exploitation related to human trafficking. – Borneo Bulletin/ANN
Gulf Today
23-04-2025
- Business
- Gulf Today
Court obliges law firm to pay Dhs27,000 to client for failing to fulfil contract in UAE
Al Ain Court for Civil, Commercial, and Administrative Cases ordered a law firm to pay Dhs27,000 to one of its clients, who had contracted the firm to represent him in several lawsuits and paid the required fees, but the firm failed to file some of the cases, did not complete the filing of others, and filed some in a manner inconsistent with legal requirements. The client filed a lawsuit against the law firm, demanding the return of Dhs27,000, an additional Dhs20,000, in compensation, and the payment of legal fees and expenses. The plaintiff stated that he paid Dhs30,000, with Dhs3,000 allocated as a symbolic fee for the appellee but the latter failed to fulfill its obligations. The plaintiff provided evidence, including copies of receipts and bank transfer slips issued by the appellee. The appellee argued that they had fulfilled their duties as required, contrary to the plaintiff's claims, and submitted a memorandum with evidence, including a power of attorney, a cheque copy, and a bank account opening form. The court verified that the plaintiff had paid the appellee Dhs37,600. However, the appellee failed to prove they had fulfilled their obligations. The court determined that the appellee's actions did not justify the amount received and ordered the law firm to pay the plaintiff Dhs27,000.
CBS News
08-03-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Major increase in nonfatal fentanyl exposure among U.S. children over the past decade, study finds
Cases of fentanyl poisoning in children across the U.S. has been steadily increasing for most of the past decade, according to a new study published Friday. Researchers looked at over 3,000 incidents of nonfatal fentanyl exposure in children up to 19 years old that were reported to poison centers, and found a 1,194.2% increase between 2015 and 2023, according to the study published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. The exposures were categorized as either misuse or abuse, or as unintentional. During the studied period, the percentage of misuse or drug abuse cases increased from 26.1% to 39.2%, while there was a decrease in unintentional exposures, from 47.8% to 35.4%. When the numbers were broken down into two age groups, teenagers 13 to 19 years of age were more likely to have been exposed to fentanyl than kids 12 and younger. There were 379 fentanyl exposures among children ages 12 and under reported to poison centers in 2023, compared to 514 among teens ages 13 to 19 that year, researchers found. The majority of fentanyl exposure cases among teens, 65.7%, were characterized as intentional misuse or abuse, the study's authors found. The older group of children were also more likely to have been co-exposed with cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine and alcohol, according to the data analyzed. Among children 12 and under, 81.7% were found to have been exposed to fentanyl unintentionally. Overall, the percentage of misuse or abuse cases between 2015 and 2023 rose 50.2%, while 41% of all cases resulted in "major, life-threatening effect," the study said. The study found that 76.9% of cases in children 12 and under involved exposure through ingestion, compared to 54.1% of cases in teenagers. The researchers cited a 2024 study in the International Journal of Drug Policy that found that 49% of seized fentanyl in the U.S. in 2023 was in pill form, noting that there is a concerning trend in counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. Last week, Mexican authorities seized 275,000 fentanyl pills with a street value of $6.5 million from boxes of sliced cactus bound for Arizona. Fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and other powerful opioids are contributing to high numbers of overdoses across the country, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. In 2022, the DEA found that about 6 in 10 fake fentanyl-laced prescription pill contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. There were 105,007 reported overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2023, according to numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's down about 3% from 2022, when there were 107,941 overdose deaths, the agency said. The CDC estimates that about 74,000 overdose deaths in 2023 were fentanyl-related. Most fentanyl that enters the U.S. comes through Mexico, CBS News has previously reported, and nearly all the fentanyl that comes into the U.S. is made by two Mexican cartels using chemicals mostly purchased in China.
