EghtesadOnline: The United States has added Iran and Venezuela to a list of countries it accuses of failing to fight human trafficking nearly a week after a similar hostile act against the two countries.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has rejected groundless US claims against the country in its annual report on global human smuggling, saying such crimes are in fact rooted in Washington’s warmongering and “interventionist” policies in different parts of the world.

EghtesadOnline: Eight Emirati princesses were convicted of human trafficking by a Belgian court on Friday and were given suspended jail terms and fines in a case stemming from their treatment of servants at a Brussels luxury hotel nearly 10 years ago, their lawyer said.