The EPA is assisting state & local authorities to locate the source of a gasoline leak in a sewer hours after it was initially reported Friday afternoon.
People staying at a Motel 6 were asked to shelter in place, and nearby stores were told to evacuate.
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“What happened was our crews arrived on scene and found out quickly it was a pretty strong smell. They realized we had more than an odor investigation that most likely we had a leak.” “The agencies now have shifted their focus from evacuating to investigating and discovering
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the source and trying to clean up what is currently in the system. So the danger is minimal if anything to the public. Thankfully, it’s underground. That’s the issue we’re facing right now.” Northbound 75 service road corridor bw Park & Parker will remain closed until crews
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Iraq: FIIA arrests dangerous human trafficking network led by a woman in Baghdad » Iraqi News Agency
The Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency FIIA at the Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday arresting a dangerous human trafficking network led by a woman in
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Baghdad. The security media cell said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency in the Ministry of Interior continues its security operations to follow up on organized crime gangs that trade in human beings
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and human organs, and after receiving intelligence about the existence of a gang led by one of the women who exploits children and women in human trafficking, and acts of brokering and prostitution, a specialized intelligence working group was formed and after taking judicial
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South Shields pervert who was part of 'gruesome' WhatsApp group caught with child abuse images
A pervert who was a member of a "gruesome" WhatsApp group was caught with horrific child abuse images. Alan Daglish came to the attention of the National Crime Agency in February
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this year after uploading an indecent video of a child aged 11 or 12 to the WhatsApp group. A judge at Newcastle Crown Court heard the group had "particularly gruesome" interests although there was no evidence Daglish was viewing or searching for anything other than the images
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he admitted having. When his devices were examined, police found ten of the most serious, category A images, including two videos, 23 category B and 16 category C images, along with one prohibited cartoon image of a child. An example of the material included a child aged
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Germany smashes human trafficking ring 'that smuggled hundreds'
Berlin: German police said they smashed a human trafficking network Wednesday accused of smuggling hundreds of people in "inhumane" conditions, with six suspects arrested in raids across Germany, Romania and
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Bulgaria. The suspects are believed to have trafficked more than 560 people into Germany, and more than 300 migrants to Romania, federal police said. The probe into the ring began after accounts were collected from Turkish and Syrian nationals in the border regions of
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Austria, Czech Republic and Poland. Four of the suspects were arrested in Romania by authorities who were searching properties used to house the migrants. One suspect was picked up in Germany and another in Bulgaria.
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Joint raids on the Balkan route see migrant smugglers halted
Europol has supported a joint investigation between Germany, Romania and Serbia into an organised crime network smuggling migrants across the Balkan route. The operation, facilitated by Eurojust at the judicial
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level, as well as by the Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC), involved also authorities from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Türkiye. Authorities initiated the investigation after a number of interceptions of irregular migrants at parts of the German
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border with Austria, Czechia and Poland. The criminal network charged between EUR 4 000 and EUR 10 000 per person smuggled from Türkiye to Germany via the Balkan route. German and Romanian authorities investigated members of the criminal network since the end of 2022, linking
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