Daily Mail: Epstein’s sex empire served Russian interests

Jeffrey Epstein’s sex empire was reportedly a “KGB honeytrap,” with Russian women allegedly brought in to gather compromising material on globally prominent figures, according to the Daily Mail, citing British intelligence sources.

The release of more than three million new documents related to the convicted sex offender supports claims by senior security officials that Epstein acted in Moscow’s interest when arranging meetings with some of the world’s most influential people.

US security officials also believe Epstein had longstanding ties to Russian organised crime, which may have allowed him to be easily supplied with Russian women by plane. 

“You have Andrew, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and all the rest placed in compromising positions on an island bristling with technology. It's the world's largest honey trap operation,” a source told the publication.

The Daily Mail notes that investigative journalist Craig Unger’s 2021 book also claimed Epstein relied on Russian pimps to supply women. 

Unger argues that the FSB, successor to the KGB, may have obtained compromising material from numerous videos Epstein reportedly made with his famous associates and these women.

The Epstein files are a large trove of documents, communications, images, videos and other investigative material compiled by US authorities over years of criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, a financier convicted of sex crimes and accused of operating a vast sex‑trafficking network. 

These files include court records, travel logs, emails, interview summaries and evidence seized in federal and state cases against Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

The US Justice Department has been releasing millions of pages, videos and images from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law passed by Congress requiring disclosure of unclassified documents held by the government.

The released materials — spanning federal and state prosecutions of Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as FBI investigations into his death — include court records, investigative reports, and media, but exclude identity-revealing victim information through redactions.

Advocacy groups, survivors and lawmakers have criticised the pace and scope of the disclosures, arguing that many responsive documents remain unreleased or heavily redacted despite legal requirements.

The Justice Department’s publicly accessible “Epstein Library” hosts these responsive records online, though it warns that some materials may contain sensitive content and that redactions have been applied to protect privacy.

By Jeyhun Aghazada