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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T02:55:44.000Z",
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    "Jeffrey Epstein probe rocked after detectives warn UK flight evidence has been ‘destroyed’",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nNewly released documents suggest Jeffrey Epstein may have been linked to drug trafficking.\n\nA cache of files published by the US Department of Justice reveals that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) opened an investigation into the paedophile financier and 14 unnamed individuals over suspicious money transfers.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA heavily redacted memo reads: \"DEA reporting indicates the above individuals are involved in illegitimate wire transfers, which are tied to illicit drug and/or prostitution activities occurring in the US Virgin Islands and New York City.\"\n\nSources told CBS News that prosecutors were previously unaware of the DEA probe.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nThe lengthy investigation is detailed in a 69-page memo marked “law enforcement sensitive”.\n\nLarge sections of the document remain blacked out, and it is unclear what initially prompted the DEA to open the case.\n\nThe 2015 memo noted the matter was still “judicial pending” at the time it was written.\n\nOne law enforcement source said this designation typically suggests investigators were awaiting court approval for search warrants. Another said it could indicate an arrest had been made in connection with the case.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe document appears to have originated from a DEA request to the Organised Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Fusion Centre in Virginia seeking intelligence on Epstein and other targets as part of an active investigation.\n\nIt also reveals previously undisclosed probes linked to the paedophile financier.\n\nThese include multiple Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigations - one in West Palm Beach opened in 2006 and closed in 2008, another launched in Las Vegas in 2009, and a separate inquiry opened in Paris in June 2013 and shut several months later.\n\nThe memo also references a potentially nine-year FBI investigation into Epstein, which began in 2006 and remained active until at least 2015.\n\n### JEFFREY EPSTEIN - READ THE LATEST:\n\n\n\n\n  * Family of Virginia Giuffre praises Britain for ‘treating Epstein files with urgency they demand’\n  * Jeffrey Epstein probe rocked after detectives warn UK flight evidence has been ‘destroyed’\n  * Sarah Ferguson sent goddaughter's 'contact info' over to Jeffrey Epstein after prison release\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIt details prior law enforcement contacts and identifies bank accounts linked to Epstein in Switzerland, France, the Cayman Islands and New York.\n\nAround £50million in suspicious wire transfers between 2010 and 2015 is referenced, though the individuals tied to the transactions are redacted.\n\nThe memo names several businesses connected to Epstein that have previously faced scrutiny.\n\nWhile one company name is redacted, two are identified as SLK Designs LLC and Hyperion Air.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHyperion Air served as a holding company for Epstein’s aircraft, while SLK Designs was run by two women included in Epstein’s 2008 non-prosecution agreement and named as potential co-conspirators.\n\n\nThe two women were questioned in 2010 about Epstein’s relationship with the then-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.\n\nSenator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, told CBS News that tracing the money is central to uncovering the full extent of Epstein’s crimes.\n\nHe said: \"It appears Epstein was involved in criminal activity that went way beyond paedophilia and sex trafficking, which makes it even more outrageous that Pam Bondi is sitting on several million unreleased files.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter**\n",
  "title": "Freshly released documents suggest Jeffrey Epstein may have been involved in drug trafficking"
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