The shocking allegations and conspiracies surrounding hip hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
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The rapper Sean Diddy Combs is currently inside the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, awaiting trial in May on charges of sex trafficking, transportation for prostitution and racketeering with conspiracy. He denies all the allegations.
We're going to be examining what each of these federal charges means over the coming weeks, hearing from experts and people affected in cases separate to Diddy's. We're starting with sex trafficking. And to be honest, we've heard a lot about this offence in the media in recent years.
A jury in New York has found the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse.
R. Kelly was one of the most successful recording artists of the 1990s. He won a Grammy, filled arenas and sold 75 million records.
Today, though, his reputation is lying in tatters and he could spend the rest of his life in jail after a jury in New York found him guilty of trafficking people for him to sexually abuse.
The BBC revealed claims that Mike Jeffries and his partner Matthew Smith sexually exploited and abused men at events they hosted in their New York residencies and hotels around the world. Lawyers for both men have previously denied any wrongdoing.
From conspiracy theories to convictions, sex trafficking cases make headlines and trends on social media. But how much is known about the actual offense and the different forms it can take? So today, we're going to be hearing from a woman who helps survivors of sex trafficking and the lawyer who successfully prosecuted R. Kelly.
But my first guest is Dr. Marcel van der Wat, president at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation in the U.S. Hi, Marcel.
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