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Epstein victim Giuffre’s death by suicide reminds us of the human stakes in compliance
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Aly McDevitt2025-04-28T20:23:00
Virgina Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring and the first of Epstein’s victims to go public in 2015, died by suicide on Friday, her family announced. The 41-year-old’s death is a stark reminder of the all-too-human cost of professional negligence, and why ethics and compliance are such critical issues in any organization or industry prone to corporate greed.
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