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Lithuania to seek US help in Epstein-linked trafficking probe

April 2, 2026 4:31 AM EDT

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 convicte

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 against anyone, 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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