Poland’s justice minister launches a special team to investigate potential Polish connections to Jeffrey Epstein’s network, including possible local victims.
WARSAW: Poland’s justice minister has announced the formation of a special team to investigate potential Polish links to the network of convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The team, comprising secret service officials, prosecutors and police, was formed following the release of millions of new documents by the US Justice Department last Friday.
Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek will lead the investigation. “As you know from media reports, Epstein’s circle included Poles,” Zurek told journalists.
“It is said that his staff, which managed this dramatic, covert operation, included two Poles.”
Zurek confirmed officials know the names of the two individuals, described as “a Polish woman and a Polish man,” but did not provide further details.
The team’s primary task is to determine if activities involving Epstein and his network occurred in Poland, warranting a deeper investigation.
A key focus will be identifying potential Polish victims of the network’s practices.
So far, according to Zurek, “no victims of this practice have come forward … but we know that this recruitment of women may also be juvenile.”
The team’s findings could lead to the establishment of a formal commission of inquiry.
Such a commission would “want to request some of the classified documentation from the United States,” Zurek stated.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced earlier this week that Poland would also examine alleged links between Epstein and Russian intelligence.
The Kremlin dismissed the accusation, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying “let’s not waste our time.”
The special investigative team is scheduled to hold its first meeting next week.
