A man walks his dog next to an apartment building owned by Jeffrey Epstein in Paris, on August 13, 2019. FRANCOIS MORI / AP
Paris prosecutors opened on Wednesday, February 18, two new investigations into potential sex abuse crimes and financial wrongdoings linked to Jeffrey Epstein, following the release of millions of files of the millionaire financier and convicted sex offender, and called on possible victims to come forward.
Paris prosecutor Laurence Beccuau said the investigations are seeking to use the files released by the US administration, media reports and new complaints that are being filed. "All that data (...) some will shed light on others to be able to get a well-informed, very broad, panoramic view," Beccuau said on France Info news broadcaster.
One investigation will focus on sex abuse crimes, the other on financial wrongdoing, each involving specialized magistrates, she added. The move comes after the release by the US Justice Department of more than three million pages of documents, as well as thousands of videos and photos related to Epstein, who died behind bars in 2019.
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