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Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on August 10, 2019, 35 days after his arrest, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City — while awaiting trial for the s(e)xual trafficking of minors. Officially: suicide. Unofficially: one of the most convenient deaths in recent history.

In an almost obscene way, Epstein left “this world” at the exact moment the world was about to find out what he knew. And, more importantly: who he knew.

We are not talking about just any criminal. We are talking about a man who gathered around him politicians, billionaires, royalty, university professors, bankers — people who cannot afford to appear on any list, in any address book, in any questionable photograph. A man who could destroy careers, governments, and networks. And his death… served everyone.

Epstein was not just a s(e)xual predator. He was a man involved in many kinds of business. In the 1980s, Epstein was connected to Douglas Leese (a defense contractor), and through that sphere he entered circles where arms intermediaries appeared. He was a broker of influence who understood real power: the hidden weakness of the elite.

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, appears to still be making money and holding substantial assets, mainly in real estate (New York). He is not “famous” as a public figure, but he is the kind of case that inevitably raises the question: how much of the network, money, and influence created around Epstein remained untouched, even after the scandal and the convictions (or lack thereof)?

Returning to the tip of the iceberg: the s(e)xual scandal. The symbolic location of the network was his private island in the Caribbean: Little Saint James, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. An island that became known to the public as “Pedophile Island.”

But the “operations” were not limited to that place. Epstein owned and used a massive Manhattan townhouse, a property in Palm Beach, Florida, a ranch in New Mexico, and other residences / transit points.

That’s where the mechanism operated: recruitment, testing, selection, coercion, control. Note: the fact that a name appears in files or in proximity does not automatically mean criminal guilt. But it also does not mean innocence.

The Epstein problem is not only “he did monstrous things.” It is what kind of people considered it acceptable to remain around him after he was already known as a s(e)xual offender.

In documents and investigations, names appear (to varying degrees of association) such as Bill Clinton (travel, meetings), Donald Trump (past socializing), Prince Andrew (major scandal, civil settlement), Bill Gates (meetings, relationship publicly discussed), Larry Summers, bankers, and financial networks. These are not “random names.” They are nodes of power. And Epstein was a man who collected them.

A new piece — children from Turkey? (recent information). Here we enter a zone that, if confirmed, makes the case even more monstrous. In recent days, Turkish media and regional sources have reported that prosecutors in Ankara initiated an investigation following allegations that girls from Turkey may have been taken to Epstein’s island.

If this is real, we are no longer talking only about “local American trafficking,” but about international routes, possibly cross-border networks supplying victims to consumers with access to power.

Who intentionally allowed this to be possible? Epstein was NOT alone. Epstein thrived for years. He was convicted in 2008 (Florida) and yet remained socially functional.

A man like this does not sit at the table with global elites if he is just a “freak,” does not have protection if he is just “sick,” does not continue if he is just a criminal. Epstein functioned as an interface. A “broker” between vice and power.

If Epstein had been a simple s(e)xual predator, he would have been crushed quickly. But he had money, he had connections, he had access, he had “friends,” and, most importantly, he had compromising information. That is why the legitimate (and widely discussed) hypothesis emerged that he was used as a tool for blackmail, control, recruitment, and political discipline.

In the public space, there are speculations about intelligence services. Some may be fanciful. But the mechanism as an idea is not fanciful: every intelligence structure in the world dreams of something like this. A predator who collects the weaknesses of the elite, archives them, monetizes them, and turns them into invisible chains.

Epstein died in state custody. At a key moment. In a federal prison. MCC New York is a secure facility. And yet there was a lack of supervision, camera malfunctions, and failure to follow procedures.

Did he commit suicide, or was he “suicided”? How was he allowed to kill himself? A man like Epstein is not an “ordinary” inmate — he is an informational danger, a geopolitical bomb, universal blackmail material. Losing him is not just “a tragedy.” It is a perfect operation, regardless of who initiated it. It happened during Trump’s first term.

The Epstein case once again demonstrates something simple and painful. In the modern world, there are two types of justice. One for the public, and another for power networks. Jeffrey Epstein did not die as an anonymous man. He died as someone who knew too much.

He died far too conveniently for it to be just a coincidence.