Surrey, England, police investigating old cases involving Epstein
by Lisa Hornung · UPIMay 19 (UPI) -- Police in Surrey, England, said they are investigating two separate allegations of "non-recent child sexual abuse" from a cache of Epstein files.
One investigation includes locations in Surrey and Berkshire, England, in the mid-1990s to 2000. The other is from the mid- to late-1980s in west Surrey.
No arrests have been made.
The department took "all reports of sexual offending seriously and will work to identify any reasonable lines of enquiry to verify information or establish corroborating evidence," it said in a statement.
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The late Jeffrey Epstein was a financier and convicted sex offender. He died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Many of his personal files have been released to the public, implicating many high-profile friends of Epstein.
In February, Surrey police said it had found no evidence of the Surrey allegations having been reported to Surrey Police, but it was asking the public for information about an allegation of human trafficking and sexual assault dating back to the mid-1990s.
The BBC reported that the National Police Chiefs' Council created a national group that is working with the National Crime Agency to support the number of British forces investigating crimes related to the Epstein files. Multiple police departments have said they were deciding whether to investigate alleged crimes in their districts.
The Surrey investigation follows others by Thames Valley Police and the Metropolitan Police, who have arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (the former Prince Andrew) and Peter Mandelson for alleged misconduct in public office stemming from claims in the Epstein files.
Both have denied all wrongdoing.