Epstein files hand French prosecutors trove of new leads (www.lemonde.fr)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 11:14
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The publication of 3.5 million documents linked to the sprawling case involving sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has confronted the French justice system with an unprecedented situation and a Herculean task. How can it process the mountain of freely accessible data now before it, which could potentially contain a multitude of offenses, whether sexual or financial, committed on French soil?

On Wednesday, February 18, Paris Prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced the opening of two investigations entrusted to five magistrates. One will focus on “human trafficking,” covering what is commonly called solicitation or recruitment, and the other on “financial offenses of money laundering, breaches of probity, or tax fraud.” The investigations will be conducted in collaboration with the National Directorate of the Judicial Police, the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office and several national offices.

The head of the Paris prosecutor’s office pledged to make use of “the full body of data” that makes up the Epstein files, taking into account reports received in the form of complaints from victims or advocacy groups, information published by the media, or material already handled by the judiciary in the past. “These framework investigations will allow us to centralize the data so that we can analyze each piece in light of the others,” said Beccuau, describing it as a “titanic task of analysis.”

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rayyy@piefed.social on 19 Feb 13:05 next collapse

Pedogate, aka, Trump-Epstein-gate has gone world-wide and the world is highly upset.

SippyCup@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 14:03 collapse

I don’t wanna go through the pedogate…

IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip on 19 Feb 13:59 collapse

Hopefully this will make someone do something about it, besides burying/redacting shit.

chaogomu@lemmy.world on 19 Feb 15:04 collapse

The French have been somewhat active on this. They arrested John Luc Brunel fairly quickly once his name came out. But had also allowed him to run around raping women left and right for decades.

I can’t say how much Brunel was into children, but he was known to carry GHB tablets that he would often slip into drinks. It was apparently so bad that John Casablancas, Trump real best friend and first pedo supplier, didn’t like to even associate with Brunel. Search for Casablancas’ name in the Epstein files and one of the unredacted mentions is him talking about how much of a scumbag Brunel was.

Casablancas was a mass pedophile rapist and thought that Epstein’s business partner was an evil bastard.

Anyway, Brunel attempted suicide a few times in prison while awaiting trial until he eventually got it right.