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Real Madrid and Dani Carvajal parting ways after end of the season

By The Associated Press

MADRID (AP) — Veteran defender Dani Carvajal will not return to Real Madrid next season, the club said on Monday.

Madrid said the club and the player “have agreed to bring an end to a wonderful chapter as a player of our club at the conclusion of the current season.”

Carvajal’s contract ends in June. The 34-year-old right back joined Madrid in 2002 and has played 23 seasons with the Spanish powerhouse — 10 in the academy and 13 with the main squad.

“Dani Carvajal is a legend and a symbol of Real Madrid and its academy,” club president Florentino Pérez said. “His image alongside our beloved and remembered Alfredo Di Stéfano laying the first stone of Ciudad Real Madrid will forever remain in the hearts of all madridistas and in the history of our club. Carvajal has always exemplified the values of Real Madrid. This is and will always be his home.”

Carvajal played 450 matches with Madrid, the club said, scoring 14 goals and helping the club win 27 titles, including six Champions Leagues.

“Real Madrid wishes to express its gratitude and affection to one of the greatest legends of our club and world football,” the club said. “Carvajal is one of the five players in football history to have won six European Cups and has been part of a team that has experienced one of the brightest periods in our history.”

Madrid said the club will honor Carvajal during the team’s final Spanish league match this weekend.

Carvajal has just recently retuned from a right foot injury. He lost his fixed spot in Madrid’s starting lineup after the arrival of Trent Alexander-Arnold this season.

Once a set starter for Spain, injuries over the last two seasons have caused Carvajal to miss most national team games, with Pedro Porro and Marcos Llorente taking his spot. Carvajal is not expected to be picked by Spain coach Luis de la Fuente for the World Cup.

Spain debuts in the tournament against Cape Verde in Atlanta on June 15.

With Spain, Carvajal made 51 appearances, helping it win the 2024 European Championship and the 2023 Nations League.

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NYPD says dozens rescued from human trafficking during World Cup

By WTOP Staff
▶ Watch Video: Inside look at security preparations for World Cup Forty-three people, including seven minors, were rescued from human traffickers during the World Cup matches in the New York City area, according to the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit.The rescue operations were carried out between June 11 and July 19 by specialized NYPD detectives who arrested 89 individuals."The surprise was really the outpouring of support behind the mission and the collaboration with all our partners," said Inspector Gary Marcus, commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit.Those rescued, largely the victims of sex trafficking, are now being supported with an array of social services for the victims, including food, housing and counseling.The 87 operations carried out during the World Cup have generated new leads, officials said, and law enforcement agencies are building more cases based on the investigations already underway."We have ongoing investigations now as a result of these operations," an NYPD official told CBS News.Major sporting events are known to law enforcement as hotbeds of human trafficking.Years in advance, the NYPD devoted significant resources to preparing for the World Cup. Eight matches were played at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, including the final on Sunday."When we talk about the outreach and the prep we do, a large part of that involved visiting the known sex offenders, particularly the known human traffickers, in our registry," Marcus said. "Whether they're on parole or probation for human trafficking, we visited them to make sure they're compliant with the terms of their release, and secondly, to let them know that the NYPD is watching."The matches were held in multiple cities around the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Preparations to secure those games and prepare for crimes like human trafficking were coordinated between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.Police departments in many locations that hosted World Cup matches have made arrests and rescues connected to human trafficking, including in Georgia, New England and Missouri. Nationally, there were more than 673 arrests on human-trafficking charges made during the World Cup, and 61 adults and 13 minors rescued, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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