Epstein Files: Norwegian police are investigating former Prime Minister Jagland | EUROtoday

According to the most recent publications on US intercourse offenders Jeffrey Epstein
Norwegian police have launched an investigation into former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland. There is suspicion of significant corruption, stated the Ökokrim regulation enforcement company accountable for financial crime.

The Norwegian newspaper VG had reported, just about the Epstein paperwork printed by the US Department of Justice final Friday, that Jagland had shut contact with the convicted intercourse offender. Jagland as soon as requested for monetary assist to purchase an condo. Jagland advised the newspaper that he acquired all loans for his properties from the Norwegian financial institution DNB.

The one from US Department of Justice According to printed paperwork, Jagland stayed with Epstein in New York in 2018 and in Epstein’s condo in Paris in 2015 and 2018. In 2014, the previous prime minister from the Social Democratic Workers’ Party additionally deliberate a trip together with his household on Epstein’s island, however the journey was finally canceled.

Jagland was chairman of the Nobel Committee

Jagland was Prime Minister of Norway from 1996 to 1997 and Secretary General of Norway from 2009 to 2019 Council of Europe. From 2009 to 2015 he was additionally chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which decides on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize yearly. On Sunday night, Jagland admitted to the newspaper Aftenposten “Error in judgment” by Epstein.

The Ministry of Justice Washington printed greater than three million extra paperwork on the Epstein case on Friday, together with emails, photographs and movies. The names of quite a few celebrities seem once more.

Epstein is alleged to have abused greater than a thousand minors and younger ladies over the many years and typically handed them on to celebrities. Epstein, who was convicted in 2008, was arrested once more in 2019 for, amongst different issues, sexual abuse of minors. About a month later he was discovered hanging in his New York jail cell; in keeping with official stories, he dedicated suicide.

World Economic Forum proclaims investigation into its boss’s Epstein connections

Børge Brende, the president of the World Economic Forum (WEF), who additionally comes from Norway, additionally seems within the Epstein recordsdata. The WEF introduced an investigation into Brende’s ties to Epstein. The WEF desires to “clarify recent revelations” about Brende’s participation “in three business lunches with Jeffrey Epstein as well as subsequent email and text message communications,” the group stated. The danger committee determined to “initiate an independent review”.

Brende was a long-time member of the conservative get together in Norway, in addition to surroundings, commerce and international minister. Since 2017, he has been president of the WEF, which hosts the well-known assembly in Davos, Switzerland, each January.