
The Paris prosecutor's office announced the results of a renewed investigation into the activities of an American financier
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The investigation in France was reopened in February to look for possible intermediaries for Epstein.
French authorities have identified 26 victims of his crimes after resuming an investigation into the Paris apartment of notorious American financier Jeffrey Epstein in February, Paris prosecutor Laure Becco said on Thursday.
An investigation was launched to identify any potential intermediaries in France for Epstein, who was convicted of crimes of a sexual nature.
“After the resumption of the preliminary investigation in February... we have now counted 26 victims,” the prosecutor said on France Inter radio.
Thirteen of them had not previously appeared in any case related to the financier, Becco added.
According to her, the prosecutor's office is looking not only for Epstein's victims in France, but also for those who may have suffered at the hands of the French in other countries.

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