France's Epstein Probe Identifies 'Potential Recruiters'
Investigators have identified 26 victims, including 13 new to any case, as they pursue leads on recruiters named in the Epstein files.
- On Thursday, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced that French authorities have identified 26 victims in the ongoing human trafficking investigation linked to late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
- This inquiry intensified after the US Justice Department released a cache of files in January 2026, which contained references to numerous high-profile figures linked to Epstein.
- Beccuau noted that "of these 26 victims, 13 had not previously appeared in any case," as authorities continue to seek information regarding the remaining eight individuals living abroad.
- Investigators are pursuing leads on potential recruiters, with Beccuau adding that the network extends from New York "towards Saint-Tropez, towards Cannes" as they untangle the labyrinthine operation.
- The search for recruiters follows the death of modeling scout Daniel Siad in July and the 2022 prison death of Jean-Luc Brunel, who faced prior allegations of procuring women.
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The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation into the alleged crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein in France. The public prosecutor announced that she had identified "26 victims" and "potential pull-downs" of the financier, who died in 2019. - Epstein case: "potential pull-downs" of the criminal identified by the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office (Police, justice and other facts).
France's Epstein probe identifies 'potential recruiters'
PARIS, France — A French investigation into alleged human trafficking that enabled US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to commit abuses is pursuing several leads on potential recruiters, a prosecutor said Thursday. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau spoke after French modeling scout Daniel Siad, who is accused of helping Epstein traffic women, was found dead at his home in July before he could be questioned. “We have obtained other names of potential re…
The Paris prosecutor announced that she had identified "26 victims", of which 13 did not appear in any file of known retolders. In July, the death of Daniel Siad, a mannequin recruiter suspected of having been a retolder for Jeffrey Epstein, had led complainants to denounce the slowness of French justice.
"The Epstein network, for us, is a labyrinthic network. To get out of it, it's not a single Ariane thread that needs to be pulled, it's dozens and dozens of wires," said the Paris prosecutor.
The Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, confirmed the continuation of the investigations on the American sexual criminal network despite the death of a key suspect The Paris prosecutor said on Thursday
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The Paris prosecutor, Laure Beccuau, announced this Thursday that the prosecution has identified a total of 26 victims in the French part of the Epstein case.
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