UN experts on Thursday insisted about responsibility for the allegations of human trafficking contained therein Epstein fileswarning that the revelations emerging from the documents indicate that systemic trading continues.
UN expert Siobhan Mullally, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in human beings, particularly women and childrenas well as Claudia Flores, Ivana Krstić, Dorothy Estrada Tanck, Haina Lu and Laura Nyirinkindi from the Working group on discrimination against women and girlsissued a joint statement expressing concern about the ongoing sexual exploitation of young women and girls and calling for a “full and transparent” investigation. The experts explained:
The “Epstein Files” allegations involve senior politicians, public figures, diplomats, global business leaders and leading academics and provide shocking evidence of the trafficking of girls and young women across multiple international borders that has continued for decades… That such widespread child trafficking could persist on a global scale – and involve several world-famous figures – highlights the deep-rooted discrimination and violence of patriarchal power systems and the serious failures in accountability that enable them to persist.
The Epstein files contain over 3 million pages of documents, including emails and photos, linking various notable public figures to Jeffrey Epstein. sentenced billionaire sex offender and child trafficker. In November 2025, Congress passed this Epstein Files Transparency Actrequiring the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all records relating to Jeffrey Epstein to the public. Since then, there have been no further prosecutions related to the vast sex trafficking network coordinated by Epstein. The DOJ has attributed This is due to a lack of “credible evidence.”
Child sex trafficking is a serious violation of international and U.S. law Roman Statutewith which the International Criminal Court was founded, classifies human trafficking, especially women and children Crimes against humanity comparable to enslavement and sexual slavery.
The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute, but has done so signed The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children, also known as Palermo Protocol. The Palermo Protocol aims to prevent, suppress and punish human trafficking and requires signatory states to cooperate with the international community in investigating and extradition of human traffickers.
