Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts

[erronis]

Source: The Guardian

Millions of files related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the United Nations human rights council has said.

The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the US justice department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny. The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanisation of women and girls.

"So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity," they said in a statement.

The experts said the allegations contained in the files require an independent, thorough and impartial investigation, and said inquiries should also be launched into how it was possible for such crimes to be committed for so long.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/epstein-files-crimes-against-humanity-un-experts

[wcmagumba]

1. Trump and other dough bros were a big part of and users of Epstein's nefarious network, transportation, under

age girls and his island...Criminals all...

[turbinetree]

2. I still would like to know about the involvement of the Miss Universe, Miss Teen, MIss America and where was Epstein

because they knew each other during that time frame.........

[travelingthrulife]

24. They ran the business together. Sasha Riley, one of the victims, said he thought Epstein

was subordinate to Trump and some other rich people.

He blackmailed everyone he could both for Putin and for his own greed and mental derangement.

[debsy]

4. And don't forget Russia

I’m sure Putin is at the top of the criminal enterprise as well as other world leaders and the tech bros.

[OC375]

3. This will reshape Western society

It touches everything. Get ready to see murder, suicide and street justice. Companies, law firms and insurance companies will crash. Regimes may change in unexpected ways. The market will tank. Trade may be impacted and assets seized. The downstream impacts are tough to exaggerate.

[Be Leave On]

6. That is why

That is why the "Epstein administration" has been working so hard to avoid releasing the information in the "Trump Files".

[FakeNoose]

5. Are enough Americans horrified and repelled yet?

Nothing will change until Americans are finally and thoroughly disgusted.

They must be convinced that Chump is guilty too. There can be no discussion, no walking it back. Chump and Epstein were/are both guilty.

[liberalla]

28. OMG YIKES! that is so gross!!!!!!

My first time seeing that gif...

Blech...

[FakeNoose]

30. That's what people should be saying about Epstein & Chump

[Martin68]

7. It has become an international crime. That is good.

[OAITW r.2.0]

15. I am pretty sure the entire Free World is working on this...I expect daily drops that will expose the true depravity....

and no one will be spared.

[BidenRocks]

8. How did Pecker not pick it up?

They can find Batboy and Elvis' personal chef, but the big tabloid guy misses something so huge and close to his Florida headquarters? What was in his safe?
This story should be at the check-out aisle!

[2naSalit]

22. Because he was profitting...

Immensely from hiding the stories and his 'safe' and was probably enjoying free range in the tower and on a certain island and golf venues himself. That fucker is protected by the network as long as he doesn't talk.

[travelingthrulife]

25. Pecker is part of it. He whitewashed for Trump for decades.

[Upthevibe]

9. Kick. N/T

[Uncle Joe]

10. I think Epstein's toxic influence was a prime reason as to why we have been so quick to trash International law,

and Institutions in general over the past few years. By doing so of course we diminish or own democratic republic's regard for the rule of law both here and abroad.

If you have the power use it just because you can, whether it be just, moral, warranted or not, that's why we murder people in small boats two thousand miles away from our shores and the corporate media barely makes a peep about the immorality of it all. Is this evil?

I also think the goal was/is to usurp the power of nations and/or national governments in favor of an oligarch network to dominate the people of the world over their governments whether elected or not.

This same network of extremely wealthy, and powerful individuals has largely given up, and written off the human race to a self-induced culling by all manner of policies; domestic, foreign, environmental, medical, and legal.

Thanks for the thread erronis

[Orrex]

11. A certain felon has set the precedent for swooping in to nab another country's president

Hmm...

[Brunett43]

12. Bodies burried on JE's Zoro Ranch

And there's this....

Epstein had a ranch in New Mexico called Zorro Ranch and in one email released by the DOJ, it claims that a former staffer at the ranch had information about two women who were allegedly killed and buried at the ranch.
“Did you know somewhere in the hills outside the Zorro, two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam G?” the email reads. “Both died by strangulation during rough, fetish sex.

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/new-mexico-leaders-call-for-investigation-following-emails-referencing-epsteins-ranch-melanie-stanbury-department-of-justice

This whole scandal is deeply horrifying.

[2naSalit]

23. Things are coming out..

All over the place now, glad that other countries are jumping on this because that's what it will take.

Welcome to DU!

[travelingthrulife]

26. It will. I doubt we can manage to prosecute any of this properly.

Our LEO and courts are completely compromised. We need an international tribunal so we can prosecute the thousands involved for this and for the ongoing coup against the US.

[IronLionZion]

13. It's important that other countries and international entities are investigating

A number of high profile Europeans have been ousted from positions of influence because of their involvement in this conspiracy. Other countries may not be redacting names like our own justice dept.

[johnnyplankton]

14. "against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny" Isn't that the Republican platform?

[Joinfortmill]

16. This is going to be the mother of all crime syndicates

[Sogo]

17. This information and the comments coming forth on this post

are the tip of the iceberg of this story, IMO. The kind of transformation as to how "powerful" individuals worldwide are regarded will be huge, especially once investigations and facts start rolling....

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."

[AverageOldGuy]

18. Epstein just will not go away

How long has the topic of "the Epstein files" been on every newscast all day long?

12 months? Since the first Trump administration?

Bill Clinton's affair with what's her name in the Oval Office lasted, what, 2-3 months? Hillary's emails??

Epstein IS NOT GOING AWAY.

I'm betting at some point soon the "files" will be dumped publicly, mostly unredacted, and Trump will be all over the files . . . and all over the 13-yr-old girls.

[pattyloutwo]

20. Her name

Is Monica Lewinsky and she was 22 years old. I’d call it something other than “affair.” How about sexual harassment?

[RainCaster]

19. This is an answer to my prayers

Having a strong independent investigation is what is needed to get real justice for all the victims.

[Karma13612]

21. Is this the dam breaking?

Gosh I hope so.

If there is enuf investigation by independent international resources, we will be bypassing our corrupt US DOJ.

Is it possible there could be a leak of an unredacted copy of the files? That would be ideal.

[OC375]

27. Blackmail works until it's used

Problem is, once the info is shared, you lose both the influence and the target. Our best bet is to have a solid roster of leadership that most people actually trust, even when they lie in polls, to offer as replacements. Who that could be is the only real question to move past the various collapsing institutions. Trust, consistency and stability will be only valuable currency for the foreseeable future. Tribalism may become a liability and purity tests may give way to pragmatism and results. Just rambling..

Turns out, the revolution may be televised after all!

[Native]

29. This just made my day. Thanks Erronis!

[orleans]

31. k&r nt

[Dan]

32. Well, if they want a ' independent, thorough and impartial investigation'

They they will not be using the U.S. Legal system, definitely not under Trump, Pam and what is left of the FBI.