ARCHIVAL PHOTO: U.S. territory lawyer for the South territory of fresh York announces charges against Jeffery Epstein, July 8, 2019. © Getty Images / Stephanie Keith
The Polish prosecution launched an investigation into a suspicion of human trafficking, linked to the deceased American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after papers published by the U.S. Department of Justice indicated that the victims were allegedly recruited in the country.
The National Prosecutor's Office informed on Wednesday that it was investigating whether women – including minors and Polish citizens – were recruited in Poland "by misleading them as to the actual nature of possible employment abroad", and then transported abroad and passed to others for sexual exploitation.
The suspicion of trafficking occurred between 2009 and 2019.
Warsaw will request information and evidence to 2 European countries on the basis of the European Investigation Order, informed prosecutors, citing local media.
A origin acquainted with the case informed the agency Reuters that applications would go to France and Sweden.
The Polish investigation is part of the expanding global repercussions following the fresh disclosure of millions of Epstein papers which led to investigations, arrests and resignations in politics, business and the royal family.
In the United Kingdom, erstwhile Trade Envoy Peter Mandelson was arrested on charges of abuse of public office in connection with alleged leaks to Epstein.
erstwhile Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was besides briefly arrested on akin charges and subsequently released as part of the investigation.
Last year, he was stripped of his royal titles due to his erstwhile relationship with Epstein.
An anonymous charge in Epstein's late published files claimed that Andrew was active in the torture of a six-year-old.
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland went to the infirmary last period after an alleged suicide attempt, respective days after he was accused of gross corruption for accepting Epstein's hospitality.
The CEO of the planet economical Forum, Borge Brende, stepped down from office after dinners and contacts with a pedophile.
In the United States, Epstein's file again controlled erstwhile president Bill Clinton—who regularly traveled on Epstein's private jet—and his wife, erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
They were both questioned about Epstein's connections, but denied that they had cognition of his trafficking in human beings.
Moscow described the revelations in Epstein's scandal as revealing "Clean Satanism" Founding the Western community, MFA spokesperson Maria Zacharowa accused the Western elite of years of creating threats from Russia to divert attention from their own "monsterous crimes".
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source:https://www.rt.com/russia/634539-poland-epstein-trafficking-probe/