Palm Beach

Palm Beach is a town located in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is situated on a barrier island on the Atlantic Ocean, and has a population of about 8,500 people. Palm Beach is known for its warm climate, beautiful beaches, and upscale homes. It is also a popular vacation destination and is home to many luxury hotels and resorts. The town is located about 68 miles north of Miami and is accessible via the Flagler Memorial Bridge. Palm Beach is known for its high-end shops and restaurants, and is home to many wealthy individuals, including President Donald Trump, who has a Mar-a-Lago estate in the town.

Suspect facing multiple felony charges in connection with human trafficking ring along Treasure Coast
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Suspect facing multiple felony charges in connection with human trafficking ring along Treasure Coast

Daniel Rhodes, 42, is facing multiple felony charges, including manslaughter, in connection with a multi-year human trafficking ring across hotels and motels on the Treasure Coast. Rhodes is currently serving a prison sentence in Trenton for selling methamphetamine and soliciting prostitution. He was scheduled to be released before Christmas, but now he is facing new…

More Ghislaine Maxwell documents are released, but the secrets remain under lock and key
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More Ghislaine Maxwell documents are released, but the secrets remain under lock and key

MIAMI — Ghislaine Maxwell calls a Tallahassee federal prison home, but the convicted sex trafficker’s secrets are still being closely guarded. A federal court in New York on Monday night unsealed the latest batch of documents from her 2015 defamation lawsuit brought by victim Virginia Giuffre. Like many of the most recent releases of unsealed…

Jupiter spa owner arrested in prostitution, human-trafficking bust
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Jupiter spa owner arrested in prostitution, human-trafficking bust

JUPITER — The owner of a Jupiter day spa has become the third woman to face charges in an international human trafficking and prostitution investigation as authorities have begun announcing the first arrests of men — 11 in Martin County alone — accused of soliciting sex at their storefront businesses. As part of the multi-agency…

JOHN SWEENEY: Ghislaine Maxwell went out on the hunt for girls Epstein liked, just out of puberty
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JOHN SWEENEY: Ghislaine Maxwell went out on the hunt for girls Epstein liked, just out of puberty

Editor’s note: Articles about Maxwell and Epstein are controversial, and often include suppositions, misdirection, and falsehoods meant to manipulate public opinion. This article is presented for you to use for your own research and come to your own conclusions. She’d say: ‘I’ve got to get the nubiles’ By John Sweeney For The Mail On Sunday…

Citing “forced labor,” Dominican sugar company banned from importing to US.
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Citing “forced labor,” Dominican sugar company banned from importing to US.

One of the biggest sugar producers in the world will now be banned from exporting sugar to the U.S., after the Biden Administration said it has information “that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor in its operations.” The politically connected Fanjul family — a family of sugar barons based in West Palm Beach —…

Innocence Sold: Despite law, sex trade flourishes at hotels – Sun Sentinel
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Innocence Sold: Despite law, sex trade flourishes at hotels – Sun Sentinel

First of four parts. The assault spilled into the fifth-floor hallway of the Plaza Hotel on State Road 7 in Fort Lauderdale. Angry that a 17-year-old girl refused to turn over the full $200 take from two sexual encounters with men, Damion Miller allegedly struck her and choked her. She fled the room and ran…

‘She never understood right and wrong’: the fall of Ghislaine Maxwell
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‘She never understood right and wrong’: the fall of Ghislaine Maxwell

In late June, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced by a New York courthouse to 20 years in prison for conspiring over a decade with financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually exploit and abuse underage girls. Epstein, a convicted sex offender who was captured by federal authorities in July 2019 on sex trafficking counts, killed himself in a…

Guatemalan National Sentenced for Smuggling Unaccompanied Child into the United States
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Guatemalan National Sentenced for Smuggling Unaccompanied Child into the United States

A Guatemalan national was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Marra on Nov. 3 to 36 months in prison in the Southern District of Florida for smuggling an unaccompanied 15-year-old child into the United States for financial gain. The defendant was convicted by federal jury in July 2022. According to the evidence presented in court, Julio…

Hunting Ghislaine by John Sweeney review — is she a victim of Robert Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein?
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Hunting Ghislaine by John Sweeney review — is she a victim of Robert Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein?

This is, John Sweeney explains in his introduction, a fairytale told in reverse. The princess Ghislaine Maxwell starts out in a palace and ends up in prison. There are two ogres in the narrative — Ghislaine’s father, Robert Maxwell, a sadistic fraudster, and her former lover Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted paedophile. “She lost everything when…

Three Defendants Sentenced in Multi-State Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Forced Labor of Mexican Agricultural H-2A Workers
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Three Defendants Sentenced in Multi-State Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Forced Labor of Mexican Agricultural H-2A Workers

Three defendants were sentenced today for their roles in a federal racketeering conspiracy that victimized over a dozen Mexican H-2A workers who had worked in the United States harvesting fruits, vegetables and other agricultural products between 2015 and 2017. U.S. District Court Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell for the Middle District of Florida sentenced Christina Gamez,…