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Poland will ask two different European nations for data and proof wanted for its investigation into human trafficking associated to late U.S. intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors stated on Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
In an announcement, they stated paperwork from the Epstein information indicated an affordable suspicion that human trafficking had taken place in Poland. They didn’t title the European nations they might contact however a supply acquainted with the matter informed Reuters the prosecutors would ask France and Sweden for assist.
The U.S. Justice Division’s launch of hundreds of thousands of inner paperwork associated to Epstein has revealed the late financier and intercourse offender’s ties to many distinguished folks in politics, finance, academia and enterprise – each earlier than and after he pleaded responsible in 2008 to prostitution prices.
In February, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk introduced that Poland would launch an investigation into attainable hyperlinks between Epstein and Russian intelligence, in addition to any offences affecting Polish residents.
The Polish Nationwide Prosecutor’s Workplace confirmed in its assertion that it had initiated an investigation into human trafficking dedicated within the interval from 2009 to August 2019 on the territory of Poland and different nations.
Prosecutors suspect the trafficking consisted of recruiting ladies and ladies for work overseas below false pretences and of then transporting them outdoors Poland and handing them over to different folks for sexual exploitation, the assertion stated.
Recordsdata reviewed by Reuters present {that a} man known as Daniel Siad had knowledgeable Epstein about his travels by way of Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, amongst different nations, scouting for fashions.
He additionally talked about his cooperation with Jean-Luc Brunel, a key suspect and longtime Epstein affiliate, who died in a French jail in 2022.
In line with Polish media reviews, Siad was born in Algeria and moved to Sweden on the age of 23.
Reuters reached out to him on two cellphone numbers and an e-mail handle discovered within the information, however has not but acquired solutions to questions despatched.
In February, Swedish newspaper Expressen quoted Siad as saying he had by no means dedicated against the law and was open to speaking to investigators in any nation.
Revealed – March 11, 2026 10:07 pm IST