EUobserver analyzes the Epstein files, examining unsealed court documents and records involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Our reporting tracks European connections, high-profile figures like Prince Andrew, and the list of names found in flight logs and court depositions. We provide investigative updates on EU accountability and the pursuit of justice for victims of this international sex trafficking network.
Three Epstein-linked men, including Siad, have now died before trial, leaving victims to piece together the network with journalists instead of judges.
Released Jeffrey Epstein files expose how associate Jean-Luc Brunel used Czech and Slovak modelling agencies to recruit and traffic underage girls. Brunel leveraged his industry prestige to lure victims into Epstein’s network, often using professional contracts as legal cover. He ultimately died by suicide in a Paris prison in 2022.
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Marina Lacerda was born in Brazil. She was eight years old when she moved to the United States with her mother. She was fourteen when she first stepped inside the New York residence of serial sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The Epstein files show not only how he abused women and girls while mixing with powerful people, but also how he tried to influence politics in Europe.
Peter Mandelson wrote numerous emails to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his time as EU trade commissioner, 2004 to 2008.
