UK police investigate decades of child sex abuse allegations linked to Epstein files – National
UK police say they are investigating two allegations of sexual abuse of 20-year-old children after looking into potential crimes in the US Department of Justice’s investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Police in Surrey, a county south-west of London, said in a statement on Tuesday that they were investigating two separate allegations. One relates to areas in Surrey and Berkshire from the mid-1990s to 2000. Another relates to the mid to late 1980s in West Surrey.
No one has been arrested yet.
“We take all reports of sexual assault seriously and will work to identify any inquiries to confirm information or obtain concrete evidence,” police said in a statement.
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Surrey is among several UK police forces who have worked together to investigate possible crimes revealed in documents linked to the late financier and sex offender.
The National Police Chiefs’ Council, which brings together police chiefs from across the UK, said in February it had set up a national task force to support forces looking into problems arising from more than three million pages of documents released earlier this year.
Although the council did not specify which soldiers were involved in the effort, at least eight said they were “checking” the information in the files. They look at issues ranging from concerns that Epstein’s private jet may have been used for sex trafficking to allegations that the former Prince Andrew sent secret messages to the financier while he was Britain’s trade ambassador.
Epstein’s scandal has rocked the royal family and British politics in recent months because of his connections with Peter Mandelson, the former UK ambassador in Washington, and the former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
King Charles III in October stripped his younger brother of his royal titles, including the right to be called a prince, in an effort to protect the royal family from further revelations about his friendship with Epstein.
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