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Luxury Real Estate Brothers Charged with Sex Trafficking in Miami

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo dated on on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Alon Alexander, 37, right, and his twin brother, Oren, left, attend their bond hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in Miami. The Alexanders have been charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape. Star real estate agents Oren and Tal Alexander, along with their brother Alon, are accused of sex trafficking in New York and Miami. Seventeen complaints have been filed against them for rape and sexual assault between 2011 and 2019, some cases involving drugs. Prosecutors claim to have taken testimony from more than 60 alleged victims. Despite their denials, the accusations are piling up, revealing the scale of the charges. The case is being closely monitored by AVA Law Group, which is also representing several plaintiffs in the P. Diddy case. Photo by Matias J Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Luxury Real Estate Brothers Charged with Sex Trafficking in Miami

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo dated on on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Oren Alexander, 37, attends his bond hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Miami. Oren, alongside his twin brother Alon Alexander, have been charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape. Star real estate agents Oren and Tal Alexander, along with their brother Alon, are accused of sex trafficking in New York and Miami. Seventeen complaints have been filed against them for rape and sexual assault between 2011 and 2019, some cases involving drugs. Prosecutors claim to have taken testimony from more than 60 alleged victims. Despite their denials, the accusations are piling up, revealing the scale of the charges. The case is being closely monitored by AVA Law Group, which is also representing several plaintiffs in the P. Diddy case. Photo by Matias J Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Luxury Real Estate Brothers Charged with Sex Trafficking in Miami

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - File photo dated on on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Alon Alexander, 37, right, and his twin brother, Oren, left, attend their bond hearing at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Miami. The Alexanders have been charged with multiple state and federal crimes, including sex trafficking and rape. Star real estate agents Oren and Tal Alexander, along with their brother Alon, are accused of sex trafficking in New York and Miami. Seventeen complaints have been filed against them for rape and sexual assault between 2011 and 2019, some cases involving drugs. Prosecutors claim to have taken testimony from more than 60 alleged victims. Despite their denials, the accusations are piling up, revealing the scale of the charges. The case is being closely monitored by AVA Law Group, which is also representing several plaintiffs in the P. Diddy case. Photo by Matias J Ocner/Miami Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lawsuit seeking to halt Genkai plant

SAGA, Japan - Plaintiffs head to the Saga District Court in Saga Prefecture on March 12, 2012. A pending lawsuit seeking to shut down Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant was joined by another 1,370 people that day, bringing the total number of plaintiffs to roughly 3,000, the largest among suits against nuclear power plants, according to lawyers.

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Court urges compromise settlement in hepatitis damages suit

SAPPORO, Japan - A lawyer holds up a banner in front of the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo on March 12, 2010, after the court urged plaintiffs and the government to reach a compromise settlement in a damages suit involving hepatitis B virus infection caused by the reuse of hypodermic needles in group vaccinations. Among 10 similar suits filed with nine other district courts across Japan, the Sapporo court was the first to urge parties to reach a compromise settlement.

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Court dismisses suit by elderly on right to survival

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a welfare payment case enter the Tokyo District Court on June 26. The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 12 welfare recipients who sought to revive an extra welfare payment for the elderly aged 70 and up, citing their constitutional right to a minimum standard of cultured life. The extra payment was abolished in fiscal 2006 that ended in March 2007 due to financial constraints on the central and local governments.

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Demand for damages by forced Chinese laborers turned down

YAMAGATA, Japan - Tan Yinchun (R), 87, one of three surviving plaintiffs, speaks to the press in the city of Yamagata on Feb. 12 after the Yamagata District Court turned down a 150 million yen damages suit filed by six Chinese nationals who were forcibly brought to Japan as laborers during World War II. Tan expressed anger at the decision and said he was disappointed after spending more than three years on the court battle.

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State ordered to pay damages to tunnel workers with lung disease

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs celebrate in front of the Sendai District Court in Sendai on Oct. 12 after the court ordered the state to pay 270.6 million yen in compensatory damages to former tunnel construction workers and families of deceased workers for pneumoconiosis contracted on state-backed projects.

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State ordered to pay damages to tunnel workers

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs arrive at the Sendai District Court to attend a court hearing on their damages suit on Oct. 12. The court later ordered the state to pay 270.6 million yen in compensatory damages to former tunnel construction workers and families of deceased workers for pneumoconiosis contracted on state-backed projects.

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Court certifies 9 as A-bomb illness victims, but rejects damages

OSAKA, Jpan - Plaintiffs attend a meeting with their supporters on May 12 after the Osaka District Court certified them as victims of illnesses caused by atomic-bomb radiation, declaring illegal the government's earlier decisions not to grant such certification. The court, however, turned down their other demand for 3 million yen in damages per person.

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war.

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Residents, gov't strike deal on pollution suit

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuko Matsu (L), leader of plaintiffs in an air pollution suit in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, shakes hands with chief lawyer Hideo Nakao outside the Osaka High Court on Dec. 8. The plaintiffs reached an official settlement with the central government to end a 12-year battle over air pollution from vehicle exhaust emissions. The government and the state-run Hanshin Expressway Public Corp. promised to take steps to restrict traffic along National Highway 43 and the Kobe sector of the Hanshin Expressway.

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Chinese wartime forced laborers sue gov't, Niigata firm

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, joined by their lawyers and supporters, demonstrate outside the Niigata District Court on Sept. 12 before filing a lawsuit demanding the Japanese government and a harbor transport company in Niigata pay about 175 million yen in compensation for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II.

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Group files suit against ex-PM Abe state funeral

Plaintiffs walk to the Saitama District Court in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 12, 2022, to file a lawsuit against the state funeral scheduled for Sept. 27 for assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Court dismisses suit by elderly on right to survival

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs in a welfare payment case enter the Tokyo District Court on June 26. The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by 12 welfare recipients who sought to revive an extra welfare payment for the elderly aged 70 and up, citing their constitutional right to a minimum standard of cultured life. The extra payment was abolished in fiscal 2006 that ended in March 2007 due to financial constraints on the central and local governments. (Kyodo)

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Court certifies 9 as A-bomb illness victims, but rejects damages

OSAKA, Jpan - Plaintiffs attend a meeting with their supporters on May 12 after the Osaka District Court certified them as victims of illnesses caused by atomic-bomb radiation, declaring illegal the government's earlier decisions not to grant such certification. The court, however, turned down their other demand for 3 million yen in damages per person. (Kyodo)

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Demand for damages by forced Chinese laborers turned down

YAMAGATA, Japan - Tan Yinchun (R), 87, one of three surviving plaintiffs, speaks to the press in the city of Yamagata on Feb. 12 after the Yamagata District Court turned down a 150 million yen damages suit filed by six Chinese nationals who were forcibly brought to Japan as laborers during World War II. Tan expressed anger at the decision and said he was disappointed after spending more than three years on the court battle. (Kyodo)

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State ordered to pay damages to tunnel workers

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs arrive at the Sendai District Court to attend a court hearing on their damages suit on Oct. 12. The court later ordered the state to pay 270.6 million yen in compensatory damages to former tunnel construction workers and families of deceased workers for pneumoconiosis contracted on state-backed projects. (Kyodo)

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State ordered to pay damages to tunnel workers with lung disease

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs celebrate in front of the Sendai District Court in Sendai on Oct. 12 after the court ordered the state to pay 270.6 million yen in compensatory damages to former tunnel construction workers and families of deceased workers for pneumoconiosis contracted on state-backed projects. (Kyodo)

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Lawsuit seeking to halt Genkai plant

SAGA, Japan - Plaintiffs head to the Saga District Court in Saga Prefecture on March 12, 2012. A pending lawsuit seeking to shut down Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant was joined by another 1,370 people that day, bringing the total number of plaintiffs to roughly 3,000, the largest among suits against nuclear power plants, according to lawyers. (Kyodo)

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Court urges compromise settlement in hepatitis damages suit

SAPPORO, Japan - A lawyer holds up a banner in front of the Sapporo District Court in Sapporo on March 12, 2010, after the court urged plaintiffs and the government to reach a compromise settlement in a damages suit involving hepatitis B virus infection caused by the reuse of hypodermic needles in group vaccinations. Among nine similar suits filed with nine other district courts across Japan, the Sapporo court was the first to urge parties to reach a compromise settlement. (Kyodo)

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war. (Kyodo)

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Gov't appeals ruling on A-bomb "black rain" victims

Masaaki Takano, 82, who heads a plaintiffs' group, speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 12, 2020, after the government appealed a recent court ruling awarding state health care benefits to people exposed to radioactive "black rain" that fell immediately after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima outside a zone it currently designates.

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Gov't appeals ruling on A-bomb "black rain" victims

Masaaki Takano (R), 82, who heads a plaintiffs' group, speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 12, 2020, after the government appealed a recent court ruling awarding state health care benefits to people exposed to radioactive "black rain" that fell immediately after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima outside a zone it currently designates.

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Gov't appeals ruling on A-bomb "black rain" victims

Masaaki Takano (front), 82, who heads a plaintiffs' group, attends a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 12, 2020, after the government appealed a recent court ruling awarding state health care benefits to people exposed to radioactive "black rain" that fell immediately after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima outside a zone it currently designates.

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Gov't appeals ruling on A-bomb "black rain" victims

Masaaki Takano (C), 82, who heads a plaintiffs' group, speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 12, 2020, after the government appealed a recent court ruling awarding state health care benefits to people exposed to radioactive "black rain" that fell immediately after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima outside a zone it currently designates.

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Suit over Fukushima nuclear crisis filed

Asami Eda, a resident in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, attends a press conference on Dec. 12, 2016, after filing a lawsuit, together with other 300 plaintiffs, to demand that Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the state lower the radiation level in areas surrounding the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex to that seen before the 2011 accident there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suit over Fukushima nuclear crisis filed

Plaintiffs head to the Fukushima District Court on Dec. 12, 2016, to file a lawsuit in which they demand Tokyo Electric Power Co. and the state to lower the radiation level in areas surrounding the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex to that seen before the 2011 accident there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Hiroyuki Konno is moved to tears on Oct. 26, 2016, after the Sendai District Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs who lost their children in the 2011 disaster and sought damages from local authorities. Their children were among 74 students who died or remain unaccounted for after Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki was hit by a tsunami. Konno, who headed the plaintiffs' group, lost his 12-year-old son. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese wartime forced laborers sue gov't, Niigata firm

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, joined by their lawyers and supporters, demonstrate outside the Niigata District Court on Sept. 12 before filing a lawsuit demanding the Japanese government and a harbor transport company in Niigata pay about 175 million yen in compensation for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II.