Epstein's Island, 'Little St. Jeff's': A Hideaway Where Money Bought Influence

[Zorro]

Jeffrey Epstein once described the United States Virgin Islands as “my favorite place to be.”

When he was there, Mr. Epstein had a knack for getting his way, according to public records and interviews with residents and local officials.

Mr. Epstein, the accused sex trafficker who committed suicide in a Manhattan jail this month, used these islands as a personal and corporate hideaway, negotiating lucrative local tax breaks even as he faced federal investigations for sexual misconduct.

He cultivated close ties to the islands’ political and financial elite. He employed a governor’s wife. He hired an architecture firm owned by that governor’s uncle. He donated money, sponsored scholarships and even gave dozens of computers to a local lawmaker to distribute.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/business/jeffrey-epstein-island.html

[dem4decades]

1. I asked this before, did people on his aircraft need passports and visas?

[Sancho]

4. The USVIs are a US territory...

I assume his private plane was flying like a domestic flight, so there was no need to clear customs.

[dem4decades]

5. Thanks, didn't put that together. boy he had the perfect situation to abuse young women.

Different rules for rich people.

[BigmanPigman]

2. He didn't get his karma and I am MAD AS HELL!

The bastard got away with it pretty much. Now his enablers must be caught and punished!

[marble falls]

6. Dying in a vermin ridden jail cell most likely by his own hand while his ballon empire ...

was starting to fall in around him and his supporters is pretty close to karma.

[Gumboot]

3. I've been wondering if Epstein's planes...

... had hidden cameras aboard, collecting blackmail footage to be used against rich and powerful passengers.

Sheldon Adelson has a fleet of planes, too. Transporting Asia's power brokers across the Pacific to his Vegas casinos. I've heard them referred to as 'flying brothels' more than once.