FBI raids Jeffrey Epstein’s private ‘paedophile island’ in Caribbean as sex trafficking probe continues after his death
- New evidence recovered from the depraved financier’s compound on Little St. James could be used to charge others in the still unfolding case
- Epstein died on Saturday from an apparent suicide in a New York detention centre while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges
More than a dozen FBI agents raided Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean on Monday, proving federal investigators are still fishing for evidence in their sex trafficking investigation of the multimillionaire financier.
A local fishing and snorkelling guide said she unwittingly led a group of tourists from Texas right to the edge of the dragnet at 10:24am and saw 15 to 20 agents scouring the convicted paedophile’s personal paradise.
“We were sailing directly into the FBI raid. Officers were everywhere. It was pretty nuts,” Captain Kelly Quinn with Salty Dog Day Sails told the New York Daily News.
She said her charter boat was alone in the cove near Epstein’s multimillion-dollar estate on Little St. James, south of St. Thomas, when she noticed the agents about 50 metres away on the dock.
“They had uniforms with FBI in big, bold yellow letters. They were combing the place, getting in golf carts, marching the perimeter, making their rounds, entering buildings,” she said.
Quinn said the agents arrived in Customs and Border Patrol boats and were on a bluff overlooking her curious crew and clients as they took a break from their snorkelling to watch.