Epstein Housed Abuse Victims in London Flats, BBC Reveals

A BBC investigation has uncovered disturbing evidence that sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein utilized several London flats to house women he allegedly abused, years after UK police decided against investigating him. The findings, based on receipts, emails, and bank records within the Epstein files, reveal four properties rented in the affluent Kensington and Chelsea borough.

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We found evidence of four flats, rented in the affluent borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in receipts, emails and bank records contained within the Epstein files. Six of the women housed in them have since come forward as victims of Epstein's abuse.

Significantly, six of the women housed in these flats have since come forward as victims of Epstein's abuse. Many of them, originating from Russia and Eastern Europe, were reportedly brought to the UK after the Metropolitan Police chose not to investigate a 2015 allegation by Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was a victim of international trafficking to London. The Met stated at the time that it had pursued "reasonable lines of inquiry."

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The Met said it followed "reasonable lines of inquiry" at the time, interviewing Giuffre on multiple occasions following her complaint and co-operating with US investigators.

Further details from the investigation indicate that some women were coerced by Epstein to recruit others into his sex trafficking operation. They were also frequently transported to Paris via Eurostar to meet him. The BBC's extensive review of millions of pages of records from the US Department of Justice's investigation paints a picture of an operation in the UK that was more extensive than previously understood, complete with housing infrastructure and cross-border transportation of women, continuing right up until Epstein's death.

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Some of the women housed in the London flats were coerced by Epstein to recruit others into his sex trafficking scheme, as well as regularly transported to Paris by Eurostar to visit him, according to emails in the files.

The article highlights missed opportunities for British authorities to investigate Epstein's activities in the UK. A second woman reportedly complained to the Met about being abused by Epstein in the UK by early 2020, though the outcome of this complaint is unclear. Additionally, British authorities were aware in 2020, shortly after Epstein's death, that he had rented at least one of the identified flats. A human rights lawyer expressed astonishment that no UK police investigation was ever launched.

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I was staggered no UK police investigation had ever been launched