According to a group of independent experts working in cooperation with the United Nations, millions of files related to the dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein speak of the existence of an "international criminal organization" whose actions fall under the legal definition of crimes against humanity, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
According to experts, a number of crimes revealed by the documents published by the US Department of Justice were committed based on a sense of superiority over others, racism, corruption and an extreme form of misogyny.
A statement by the experts, who cooperate with the UN Human Rights Council, says that the criminal activities speak of the dehumanization of women and girls and their treatment as commodities.
"The scale, nature, systematic nature and international reach of these atrocities against women and girls are so serious that a number of them could reasonably fall under the legal definition of crimes against humanity", the statement said.
The text states that the data contained in the files require an independent, thorough and impartial investigation and that it must be clarified how such crimes could have been committed for so long.
The UN experts express concerns about "serious violations of requirements and poor editing", as a result of which confidential information about the victims was revealed. The documents released so far identify more than 1,200 victims.
The materials published by the US Department of Justice reveal Epstein's connections with numerous prominent figures in politics, finance, academia and business, even after he was convicted in 2008.
In 2019, Epstein was found hanged in his cell after being re-arrested on charges of trafficking minors for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Police in the English county of Essex are investigating information about private flights to and from Stansted Airport after the publication of the “Epstein“ files, the BBC reported, quoted by BNR.
The media outlet specifies that although the police are carrying out the check, this should not be interpreted as the start of an investigation.
Last year, a BBC investigation found that 87 flights linked to the convicted sex offender arrived at or departed from airports in the United Kingdom between the early 1990s and 2018. In December, the BBC revealed that three British women, who are alleged to have been victims of trafficking, were listed in Epstein's notes on flights to and from the United Kingdom, along with other documents related to the billionaire paedophile.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said last week that the police “urgently“ must review whether Jeffrey Epstein's sex victims were trafficked into and out of the UK. American lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein's victims have told the BBC it is "shocking" that there has never been a "full-scale" investigation into his activities in the UK.