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Good morning. I'm Geoff Berman, US Attorney for the Southern 
District on New York. 
Today we announce the unsealing of sex trafficking charges against 
Jeffrey Epstein. 
The charges allege that Epstein sexually abused young girls by 
enticing them to engage in sex acts for money. 
Epstein was arrested this past Saturday evening at Teterboro Airport 
aboard his private jet which had just landed from Paris, France. 
Epstein was taken to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in NYC. 
Later today he will presented before a Judge in the SDNY. Our 
Office will take the position at that presentment that Epstein should 
be detained pending his trial. 
Epstein is charged in a two-count Indictment — first, conspiracy to 
commit sex trafficking, and second, the substantive crime of sex 
trafficking of underage girls. 
Beginning in at least 2002, and continuing until 2005, Epstein is 
alleged to have abused dozens of victims by causing them to engage 
in sex acts with him at his mansion in New York City and at his 
estate in Palm Beach, Florida. 
The victims—all underage girls at the time of the alleged conduct—
were given hundreds of dollars in cash after each encounter, either 
by Epstein or one of his employees. 
The underage girls were initially recruited to provide Epstein with 
massages, and often did so nude or partially-nude. These massages 
became increasingly sexual in nature, and would typically include 
one or more sex acts, as specified in the indictment. 
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As alleged, Epstein also paid certain victims to recruit additional 
girls to be similarly abused. This allowed Epstein to create an ever-
expanding web of new victims. 
This conduct, as alleged, went on for years. And it involved dozens 
of young girls, some as young as 14 years old at the time they were 
allegedly abused. 
As alleged, Epstein was well aware that many of his victims were 
minors. And not surprisingly, many of the underage girls that 
Epstein allegedly victimized were particularly vulnerable to 
exploitation. 
The alleged behavior shocks the conscience. And while the charged 
conduct is from a number of years ago, it is still profoundly 
important to the many alleged victims, now young women. They 
deserve their day in court, and we are proud to stand up for them in 
bringing this indictment. 
Combatting sex trafficking and the exploitation of children is a 
priority of this Office and of the Department of Justice, as the sexual 
abuse of a minor can have devastating effects on victims, often 
lasting for years. 
That is why my Office will not rest until perpetrators of these types 
of crimes are brought to justice. Victims' voices, including the 
many voices of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims, must be heard. 
And to that end, I want to say to anyone who is watching this or 
who hears about this prosecution, if you believe you are a victim of 
this man, Jeffrey Epstein, or have information about the conduct 
alleged in the Indictment unsealed today, please let us know by 
calling the FBI's tipline at 
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The charges unsealed today reflect the hard work not only of this 
Office but our law enforcement partners at the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
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want to thank him and his team for their dedication and 
professionalism in seeing this investigation through. 
I also want to thank the New York City Police Department and 
Customs and Border Patrol for their assistance in the investigation. 
And I want to acknowledge and thank the career prosecutors of my 
Office handling the investigation and prosecution of this case. 
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The talent, professionalism and dedication of these prosecutors is 
extraordinary. 
We will continue to devote significant resources to investigating 
these crimes and to protecting young people from sexual predators. 
I now want to invite to the podium my good friend 
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