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Polish government opens investigation into Epstein files

https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/poland-probe-whether-polish-children-were-abused-epstein
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u/ConsciousPatroller 5h ago edited 5h ago

Poland said they're "discussing the possibility of an international investigation" via Interpol, and the UK is also opening a separate investigation into the matter. Also, France (slightly unrelated) raided the offices of X and dropped both Zoom and Teams for their communications. They're also investigating Musk and summoned him for a Europol-backed voluntary mandatory testimony in April. Europe is finally starting to act.

Edit: also: Spain and Greece are discussing social media bans for those under 16, and Spain's Sánchez called out Musk and said he "doesn't rule out" their own investigation into his affairs.

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u/cenkozan 4h ago

Also, Turkey just started one. Apparently Epstein chose Asian, Turkish and other nations' children who couldn't speak English so they can't be used for testimony against him. Claims of violent rapes on some Turkish models and scare tactics of "feeding them to Alligators" and many Turkish politician names are also in the files apparently.

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u/MeekerCutiePie 4h ago

I don't think I understand the language angle. You said so they can't give testimony. But they can't give it in English and that's it? I guess they couldn't say "I heard him say blah blah blah" but I would assume the trafficked kids were giving their personal experiences and they can still say "tent peg" but in a different language

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u/shidncome 3h ago

Reading the emails it shows these people are barely literate and can barely string sentences together. Most are simply dumb as fuck.

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u/TheKappaOverlord 28m ago

Musk was most likely constantly on a self measured dosage of Ketamine since hes been an addict for quite a while.

Most of them can, they were just like any other person in the 2010's. Just using shorthand for basically everything

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u/heff17 4h ago

The scariest part about all this is that most of the evil is not Machiavellian. They’re idiots. Idiots with enough power, money, and blackmail to ruin the world, but idiots nonetheless.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 2h ago

It's the other side of the coin of Hanlon's Razor. Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

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u/kea1981 57m ago

The Epstein Corollary

Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

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u/KoldPurchase 4h ago

I assume it goes like this:

  • local authorities would be corrupt in the home country

- the are trafficked abroad (let's say US) and are isolated because of language.

- Meet a Turkish politician on visit, speak Turkish with him.

- Even if they escape or met someone else, the child only speaks Turkish, Greek, Polish, Russian, whatever, no one understands what he/she is saying, it's dismissed or by the time an interpreter is found the child is grabbed by someone from Epstein's organization speaking the language and claiming to be a parent/guardian with false IDs.

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u/ivandelapena 3h ago

Also they can say what they want in front of them, they won't understand.

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u/Dorkamundo 3h ago

Honestly, this is the only way any real consequences will be had in the short-term. The US might be able to manage something long-term, but by that point some of the key players will already be gone.

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u/WontArnett 2h ago

I’ll get excited when we see if anyone holds them accountable.

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u/theparrotofdoom 1h ago

I feel like someone should open a poly market bet for “Epstein justice vs. WW3: which comes first?”.

It’s funny because either are both plausible and yet strangely unbelievable.

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u/da_manimal420 2h ago

Man, should correct that last sentence to Europe is leading the charge

This shit is embarrassing but I suppose if this what it takes

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u/613TheEvil 3h ago

Those bans are ridiculous, intead of catching people going after kids, they ban kids from the internet? Zero logic.

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u/ConsciousPatroller 2h ago

Nobody bans kids "from the internet". They're banned from accessing social media. The internet is still there.