The release of the Epstein files has sparked new investigations into two separate allegations of historic child sex abuse at locations in the UK.
The release of the Epstein files has sparked new investigations into two separate allegations of historic child sex abuse at locations in the UK. Surrey police has launched one investigation into allegations of child sex abuse in Surrey and Berkshire in the mid-1990s to 2000.
In a statement, the force said: “Following the release of files relating to Jeffery Epstein by the US Department of Justice, we are investigating two separate allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse.
“One report relates to locations in Surrey and Berkshire in the mid-1990s to 2000. The other relates to the mid to late 1980s in West Surrey.
“We take all reports of sexual offending seriously and will work to identify any reasonable lines of enquiry to verify information or establish corroborating evidence. In February, Surrey Police called for witnesses to come forward after a redacted report released by the US Department of Justice in December, set out allegations of human trafficking and sexual assault which allegedly took place in Virginia Water between 1994 and 1996.
Last month it emerged that paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein housed women who said he abused them at several flats in London in the years after UK police decided not to launch an investigation. Details of four flats, rented in the affluent borough of Kensington and Chelsea, were contained within the Epstein files. Six of the women housed in them have since come forward as victims of Epstein's abuse.
The women, many from Russia, eastern Europe and elsewhere - were brought to the UK after the Metropolitan Police decided not to investigate Virginia Giuffre's 2015 allegation that she had been a victim of international trafficking to London. The Met said it followed "reasonable lines of inquiry" at the time, interviewing Giuffre on multiple occasions following her complaint and co-operating with US investigators.
Ms Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, died by suicide aged 41 last year. She was found dead at her home in Western Australia. Relatives said in a statement that she had been a "fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse", and that the "toll of abuse... became unbearable".
"She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking," they said. Ms Giuffre alleged she was trafficked to the Duke of York when she was 17, which Prince Andrew has strenuously denied.
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