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Epstein Accused of Trafficking Girls as Young as 11 in Islands

Civil complaint says web of shell companies hid activities
‘The Virgin Islands is standing up on its own for justice’

A protester holds up a sign of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the federal courthouse in New York in 2019. — A protester holds up a sign of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the federal courthouse in New York in 2019.
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By Tom Metcalf, Anders Melin, and Jonathan Levin

January 15, 2020 at 7:19 PM UTC

Updated on

January 15, 2020 at 10:22 PM UTC

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For years, locals whispered about all the very young women Jeffrey Epstein lured to his Caribbean lair, a private isle that came to be known as Pedophile Island.

Some even wondered: did authorities know?