More than 2,500 people have died in the Mediterranean sea this year, victims of unscrupulous smugglers who pack inadequate vessels with hundreds of migrants, often fully expecting not to get the boat back again.
With economic decay, war, persecution and unemployment gripping at least a dozen countries on Europe's southern rim, the surge of migration north has overwhelmed authorities in Europe, which has struggled to articulate a single coherent policy and, say critics, played into the hands of unscrupulous people traffickers.
But the DOE is acting like a debt collector for an unscrupulous lender instead of helping swindled students.
Franks said GOP leaders inserted the wording to his bill because they were concerned that "unscrupulous abortion providers", rather than women themselves, would falsify rape claims.
Fear of ageing leaves young women vulnerable to unscrupulous practices.
Other education-related budget measures in Tuesday's budget include $18.2m to toughen compliance checks in the vocational education and training sector, after concerns about unscrupulous operators exploiting vulnerable students.
But support from parents can offer more leverage for students who fall prey to unscrupulous tenants, at a time when more and more students are reporting specific housing problems: "At Shelter we hear from students all the time who are facing issues like unprotected deposits, poor conditions, and unfair terms in tenancy agreements – not to mention extremely high letting agent fees".
Many unscrupulous bosses will threaten to expose the irregular immigration status of the person in forced labour.
Up to 50,000 Britons make the pilgrimage each year, but ministers have become concerned with the growing problem of unscrupulous travel agents cashing in on religious devotion.
They lay bare at least some of Washington's "cynical" and "unscrupulous" diplomatic machinations (although the state department's "front office" mischief is mild compared to the "back room" operations of the CIA and other covert forces).
"Limited opportunities for safe and regular migration drive would-be migrants into the hands of smugglers, feeding an unscrupulous trade that threatens the lives of desperate people.
