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the corporation and its bosses — a question we have asked before in recent months and years, surely they have learned from previous scandals? tonight we'll talk to alison hastings, former chair of the bbc�*s editorial standards committee who's dealt with a number of bbc scandals, and top agentjonathan shallit. also tonight, as temperature records are broken around the world, we'll ask if climate change means this summer's hot weather is the new normal. and ahead of the nato summit starting tomorrow, mark urban's here with his take. nato�*s been promising ukraine membership for the past 15 years, but president biden says the time's still not right. and in west africa, one of the world s leading anti—slavery organisations is accused of wrongly taking children from their homes as part of a human trafficking crackdown. bbc africa eye has an exclusive investigation.
scandalous low. kraft is the owner of the new england patriot and one of the most successful teams in professional sports. the patriots won the super bowl earlier in february. but now kraft could be facing charges of solicitation of prostitution. paulo sandoval has this story. >> reporter: since the news broke on friday, we have seen a steady flow of people stopping by jupiter, florida. an unusual scene here. authorities saying robert kraft on two occasions in recent months actually visited this location, seeking what authorities are describing as paid sexual acts. this -- these are allegations that kraft through a spokesperson categorically continues to deny here. authorities saying that kraft is not alone. he's one of about at least 190 so-called johns who face some serious charges as part of this ongoing and large scale crackdown of human trafficking
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tonight? >> reporter: it is certainly catching many people by surprise. and this is a massive sex and human trafficking crackdown. we're told 190 so-called johns being pursued by authorities. charges being filed against them. the most notable is robert kraft. the owner of the new england patriots. that seems to be the spotlight. the police are saying that at least on two occasions he dime this spa and came to get paid acts, which some of the women were allegedly forced to work. with investigators now waiting to see what their next step will be. what we are told is that he has been charged now with two charges of solicitation of prostitution. however, so far, we're told that he has not been arrested quite yet. he is speaking out through a spokesperson who writes, quote, we categorically again mr. kraft engaged in any illegal activity because it is a judicial matter, we will not be commenting further. so the big question tonight is,