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.

United States Attorney Announces Results Of Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking
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United States Attorney Announces Results Of Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking

Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the results achieved to date by the Middle District of Florida to combat human trafficking. This includes trafficking of minors, forced labor, and sex trafficking of adults by force, fraud, or coercion. During fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of…

Sheriff: 18 arrested, 2 teenagers identified in human trafficking and prostitution sting
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Sheriff: 18 arrested, 2 teenagers identified in human trafficking and prostitution sting

An undercover human trafficking and prostitution sting led to the arrest of 18 people  and identified two minors who were posting ads on adult websites. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said from Thursday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 16, detectives were able to arrest six men and 12 women at two rental locations in the New…

Center opens for victims of human trafficking in Palm Beach County
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Center opens for victims of human trafficking in Palm Beach County

Palm Beach County ranks third in the state for situations involving human trafficking, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. A new center opened Wednesday in West Palm Beach to help victims It’s called the FLITE Center — or Fort Lauderdale Independence, Training & Education Center. “This is so exciting- this has just been…

HUNTER: Ghislaine Maxwell has until June 2023 to name names, but will she?
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HUNTER: Ghislaine Maxwell has until June 2023 to name names, but will she?

The once elegant brunette sits rotting in a jail cell in the Florida Panhandle. She is 60 years old and this is likely as good as it’s going to get for the foreseeable future. Her name is Ghislaine Maxwell, once the belle of the ball in London, New York and Palm Beach. Maxwell was sentenced…

Owner Of Farm Labor Contracting Company Pleads Guilty In Racketeering Conspiracy Involving The Forced Labor Of Mexican Workers
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Owner Of Farm Labor Contracting Company Pleads Guilty In Racketeering Conspiracy Involving The Forced Labor Of Mexican Workers

WASHINGTON —Bladimir Moreno, 55, pleaded guilty in federal court in Tampa, Florida, to charges of conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and conspiracy to commit forced labor. A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida had previously returned a six-count indictment against multiple defendants for their roles in a…

Royal Family News: Severe Setback For Prince Andrew's Convict Friend Ghislaine Maxwell
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Royal Family News: Severe Setback For Prince Andrew's Convict Friend Ghislaine Maxwell

British royal family news shows that Prince Andrew’s friend, convicted felon Ghislaine Maxwell, just experienced a humiliating setback behind bars after being sentenced for sex trafficking. Ghislaine was labeled the “pimp” for late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew’s longtime American friend. She is serving a 20-year sentence in a low security prison dubbed Club Fed…

What’s at stake in the 2022 midterm election? Here’s everything to watch before Election Day.
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What’s at stake in the 2022 midterm election? Here’s everything to watch before Election Day.

Midterm elections: How they work and why they’re important This year’s midterms are the first chance for Americans to grade Joe Biden and congressional Democrats on how they’ve been running the country for the past two years. Typically midterms don’t go well for the party in power, and Democrats are defending razor-thin majorities in Congress, as one-third of…

Five years later, one of Palm Beach County’s first human trafficking arrests ends in guilty plea
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Five years later, one of Palm Beach County’s first human trafficking arrests ends in guilty plea

WEST PALM BEACH — One of the first people charged with human trafficking after Palm Beach County announced a crackdown on the crime in 2017 has received a nine-year prison sentence. Jimmy Edmond, 32, of Port St. Lucie, was one of three men accused of taking a 19-year-old woman from a Boynton Beach home at gunpoint…

Ghislaine Maxwell’s Former Assistant Sues Julie Brown and HarperCollins Over Epstein Book
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Former Assistant Sues Julie Brown and HarperCollins Over Epstein Book

Star Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown is facing a second defamation lawsuit related to her 2021 book on the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case—this time, from a former assistant to the multimillionaire’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who was recently sentenced to 20 years behind bars. In February, Epstein victims Courtney Wild and Haley Robson sued Brown…