Overview
- The Warsaw regional prosecutor launched formal investigations after an initial review found a well-founded suspicion that young women were recruited in Poland for sexual exploitation.
- Authorities say the inquiry concerns unidentified adult and minor females, including Polish citizens.
- Investigators have sent information requests to two unnamed European states as early steps in the case.
- Poland set up a special panel in February to examine millions of U.S. documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse network.
- In February, Prime Minister Donald Tusk ordered inquiries into possible Polish links and a potential Russian intelligence connection, with justice officials assigning joint work to intelligence, prosecutors and police.