The discovery of a network of secret warehouses may have concealed new evidence in the Epstein case.
The discovery of a network of secret warehouses may have concealed new evidence in the Epstein case.
2026-02-23 03:48
Shafaq News – London
The Telegraph revealed on Monday new details about a complex network of storage units spread across the United States, which Jeffrey Epstein used to hide computers, photographs and other equipment.
Financial records and emails seen by the British newspaper showed that “Epstein rented at least six storage units in various parts of the country, starting in 2003, and continued to pay for them until 2019, the year he committed suicide in his cell. These units were used to store contents from Epstein’s multiple homes, including computers and CDs coming from his private island in the Caribbean, Little St. James.”
Search warrants that were among millions of documents recently released by the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that “authorities may never have raided these warehouses, meaning they may contain evidence that sex trafficking investigators have not seen.”
The correspondence revealed that “Epstein hired private investigators to move materials from his homes to storage units before authorities could execute search warrants.”
Credit card statements showed regular payments to multiple storage facilities, including one near his Palm Beach mansion.
The newspaper stated that “additional files showed that Epstein’s investigators were tasked with renting a storage unit in Manhattan on his behalf, and were charged tens of thousands of dollars for this service.”
In a notable development, correspondence from August 2009, a month after Epstein’s release from prison, revealed that a private investigator had contacted him to inform him that survivor Virginia Giuffre had requested missing computer materials.
Giuffre, who committed suicide last April, had filed a civil lawsuit that year accusing Epstein of sexually assaulting her when she was a minor and trafficking her internationally.
Investigator Bill Riley wrote in a letter to Epstein and his lawyers that “Goffrey’s lawyers are looking for the computers and papers he took from Epstein’s home prior to the search warrant, inquiring about how to dispose of them.”
He added that “the drives in the storage unit were copied in their entirety, without disclosing the fate of these copies.”
Other messages indicated that “Epstein ordered his investigators to remove computers from his Florida home after receiving advance information about an imminent raid in the mid-2000s.”
His staff discussed moving some devices and disks from his private island to storage units and erasing their contents.
In May 2009, while Epstein was serving his sentence at Palm Beach prison, he contacted investigator Riley about a missing photograph, and Riley replied that it was in storage with the rest of the materials and would be taken out on the next visit.
The documents also revealed that Epstein rented another storage unit five minutes from his New York mansion, which his accountant wrote in June 2012 contained excess furniture and equipment including computers and various supplies.
The FBI has not commented on whether these warehouses were ever searched, despite the years that have passed since the case.
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