Jeffrey Epstein was the subject of a DEA probe that spanned at least 5 years,

[noumoe]

Jeffrey Epstein was the subject of a previously undisclosed U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency investigation — a five-year-plus probe targeting him and 14 other individuals for suspicious money transfers possibly linked to illegal narcotics, a newly uncovered document in the Department of Justice's Epstein files reveals.

"DEA reporting indicates the above individuals are involved in illegitimate wire transfers which are tied to illicit drug and/or prostitution activities occurring in the U.S. Virgin Islands and New York City," the 2015 document says.

The 69-page memo is marked "law enforcement sensitive" and remains heavily redacted, concealing the names of the 14 other targets and much of the substantive detail surrounding the investigation.

The document appears to stem from a request made by the DEA to an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Fusion Center in Virginia seeking information from other agencies related to Epstein and the other targets as part of an active case. The task force is a Reagan-era creation to combat a surge in cocaine trafficking, and the Fusion Center was opened in 2009 as a clearinghouse for intelligence sharing between federal law enforcement agencies.

For the DEA to open the case, there would have to be a drug nexus, a law enforcement source told CBS News, adding that the request to the Fusion Center indicated the matter was part of a "significant" investigation rather than a routine information inquiry.

The document includes a DEA case number and lists the case's opening date as Dec. 17, 2010 in New York. It notes that the matter is "judicial pending," indicating that the investigation remained active at the time the memo was drafted 5 years later. One law enforcement source told CBS News that this designation suggests investigators may have been awaiting court approval for search warrants or other legal action.

Financial transactions and other investigations
The DEA document also reveals the existence of other previously unknown investigations with some link to Epstein. Those include an ICE investigation in West Palm Beach, opened in 2006 and closed in 2008; an ICE investigation in Las Vegas, opened in 2009 and listed as "pending/01/27/2010;" an ICE investigation in Paris, opened in June of 2013 and closed months later, titled Operation Angel Watch; and an FBI investigation opened in 2006 that still remained active in 2015.

The document also lists prior law enforcement contact and identifies bank accounts linked to Epstein, including accounts in Switzerland, France, the Cayman Islands and New York.

It details approximately $50 million in suspicious wire transfers from 2010-2015, although the names of the individuals linked to those transactions are redacted.The DOJ appears to have accidentally neglected to redact the name of a Polish fashion model who was identified in connection to approximately $2 million in transfers and named as a target of the investigation.

The memo also lists several businesses associated with Epstein that have come under scrutiny in the past. One of those companies was redacted, the other two are SLK Designs LLC and Hyperion Air

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-ep ... stigation/