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SEX TRAFFICKING & CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT SEX TRAFFICKING

Sex Trafficking of Minors (maximum sentence of 40 years in prison)

This refers to any recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a minor for the purpose of a commercial sex act. 

Offenders of this crime often target vulnerable children and gain control over them using a variety of manipulative methods. 

Those offenders now have  more channels to carry out these crimes with the advent of the Internet and mobile technology, and as a result are harder to apprehend in most cases.

In Epstein's case, he was with an employee in New York who he allegedly instructed to contact a minor in Palm Beach to set up a meeting between the two.

This happened at least two times with two different employees and two different minors according to the indictment. 

 

Conspiracy to Sex Traffic Minor (maximum sentence of five years in prison) 

This refers to enticing a minor for the purpose of a commercial sex act.

In Epstein's case, he allegedly contacted the minor victim in New York and set up a meeting at his mansion during which a commercial sex act took place.

An Epstein employee was also involved in scheduling that meeting. 

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