Jeffrey Epstein Affair in Poland: National Prosecutor's Office Establishes Special Investigative Team

The National Prosecutor's Office has taken an unprecedented step to clarify the connections of Polish citizens and institutions with the criminal network of the deceased American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The established investigative team number five is tasked with verifying reports of financial and logistical operations that may have been conducted on the territory of the Republic of Poland. National Prosecutor Dariusz Korneluk and the spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice Waldemar Żurek confirmed that investigators possess materials requiring urgent procedural analysis. Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier accused of human trafficking and sexual abuse of minors, who died in custody in 2019. His activities were based on an extensive network of influential political and business contacts worldwide. Simultaneously, foreign media, including the Spanish "LaSexta" and the Swiss "Neue Zürcher Zeitung," report on the discovery of new locations where Epstein may have hidden his compromising archives. There are suspicions that the financier used external storage centers to keep recordings and documents intended for blackmail. This aspect is particularly important for the Polish prosecutor's office, which is investigating whether any elements of this archive or infrastructure could have been located in Central Europe. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, commenting on the case, emphasized that clarifying this affair is a matter of fundamental justice and state security. „Nie ma miejsca na żaden kompromis w sprawie wyjaśnienia wszystkich okoliczności tej bulwersującej afery, która dotyka fundamentów moralnych i prawnych.” (There is no room for any compromise in clarifying all circumstances of this scandalous affair, which touches the moral and legal foundations.) — Donald Tusk The Ministry of Justice has announced close cooperation with the law enforcement agencies of the United States and other countries involved in the investigation. A key element of the team's work will be analyzing money flows and verifying passenger lists of Epstein's planes that landed at European airports. The prosecutor's office does not rule out pressing charges against individuals who may have facilitated the scheme or actively participated in it, having previously protected their identity through influence and wealth.

Perspektywy mediów: Liberal media emphasize the determination of the Tusk government to hold powerful elites accountable and international cooperation to protect victims. Conservative media focus on questions about prior knowledge of the services and potential connections of current political elites with former structures.