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Fashion capital Paris was 'epicentre' of Epstein network, new book claims

A protest in front of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs after French prosecutors opened two investigations into the Epstein scandal, 20 February.
A protest in front of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs after French prosecutors opened two investigations into the Epstein scandal, 20 February. AP - Michel Euler

France has launched two probes into the Jeffrey Epstein affair, looking at potential crimes committed in the country or involving French nationals tied to the late American sex offender. The author of a new book tells RFI how Paris, as a fashion capital, provided a "reservoir" of the very young women preyed on by Epstein's grooming network.

France set up a special task force in February to probe alleged sexual crimes and possible financial wrongdoing committed in the country or involving French nationals who could be implicated in Epstein's crimes.

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