Lithuania to seek US help in Epstein-linked trafficking probe


FILE PHOTO: Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

VILNIUS, April ⁠2 (Reuters) - Lithuania is ⁠preparing a request to ‌the United States for cooperation in its investigation into potential ​human trafficking with ⁠links to ⁠late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ⁠the ‌Baltic country's Prosecutor General Vita ⁠Grunskiene said on Thursday.

"We are ​preparing ‌to send a request ⁠for ​legal aid to the U.S.“, Grunskiene told Lithuania‘s ⁠Ziniu radio.

Investigators have ​interviewed around 20 people as part of the probe ⁠but prosecutors have not pressed charges againstanyone, she said, and called on ​any victims ⁠of the suspected trafficking ​to come ‌forward to authorities.

(Reporting ​by Andrius Sytas, editing by Anna Ringstrom )

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