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Child Abuse, Violence, And Murder In The Epstein Files: The Unravelling Of Western ‘Order’

By Editor on 3rd February 2026 • ( 0 )

Child Abuse, Violence, And Murder In The Epstein Files: The Unravelling Of Western ‘Order’

US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation that Epstein files contain images of child sexual abuse, death and extreme violence point to a scandal of historic proportions embedded within Western political, financial, and intelligence establishments – amid talks about the end of the West-centred global order.

US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent admission regarding the latest tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files is bombastic, to say the least. In explaining why millions of pages remain withheld, Blanche stated that the unreleased material includes any depiction of child sexual abuse, and, crucially, documents and images depicting “death, physical abuse and injury” (around 5min10s).

The point here is that Blanche did more than merely restate standard protocol: by specifying these categories, he implicitly confirmed that such material exists within the Epstein files: an acknowledgment that the Epstein archive contains images of child sexual abuse material, as well as physical harm and even death, which are being withheld because of their graphic content. Thus, part of what remains hidden is allegedly not being hidden to protect state secrets, but because it depicts crimes of extraordinary gravity. In a sane world, that alone should have triggered wall-to-wall outrage.

This context casts a harsh light on the recurring references to torture and murder scattered throughout the Epstein files themselves. Some of these appear in emails and exchanges involving Epstein and his associates, that may sometimes be dismissed as dark humour, metaphor, or hyperbolic parlance. Yet victims such as Virginia Giuffre have described sado-masochistic-like sexual abuse and torture taking place in Epstein’s New York mansion.

It is reasonable to assume that not everything in the Epstein files is true. Some entries consist of anonymous tips sent to the FBI, which may or may not be credible. Some include allegations so grotesque that are hard to believe, mentioning cannibalism, or baby trafficking involving high-level political figures, not to mention the allegation that a sheik gave his own “virgin daughter” as a “gift” to US President Donald Trump, mentioned various times in sexual abuse contexts.

Sensationalism aside, it would be equally naïve to assume that any monstrous allegations are, by definition, false. One may recall that drug cartels have been credibly accused of ritualistic violence and murder and even cannibalism. Cartel members and associates today, one may recall, are not just street gang members, but also businessmen and high-ranking politicians.

US intelligence cooperation with organized crime, as I’ve written, including cartels capable of extreme atrocities, is not a conspiracy theory but a historical fact. Thus, if even, say, only 10% of the most horrific Epstein material is true, that is more than enough to constitute a scandal of civilizational proportions – not the mention the material that has not been released for the aforementioned reasons.

And we are not really talking about the “underworld”: “overworld” would be a better description. The Epstein network includes billionaires, media celebrities, former presidents, and royalty. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has now called for Prince Andrew to testify (the latter was photographed – fully dressed – on four, on top of a woman that appears to be unconscious on the floor).

One could argue that this is the worst elite scandal since the Roman times of Caligula and Nero, also echoing the likes of Gilles de Rais or Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Something is profoundly rotten in the West.

Against this backdrop, recent attempts to reframe Epstein as part of a “KGB honey trap” operation look like crude misdirection. A Daily Mail’s recent piece has ridiculously enough suggested that Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation was essentially a Russian intelligence scheme, pointing to his attempts to secure meetings with Vladimir Putin (which turned out never happening) and the presence of trafficked Russian or Eastern European women in his orbit.

Epstein was constantly pitching ideas, seeking meetings, and inserting himself into elite networks worldwide. The man was not merely a pimp and human trafficker (albeit that was part of his web of blackmail and influence); he functioned as an intermediary, a power broker and fixer, plus a consultant, lobbyist, and an “articulator” of interests across finance, politics, and intelligence. In the emails one can see him casually advising and discussing business opportunities with major European bankers, while signing agreements pertaining to risk analysis and algorithm-related work.

In a March 2014 email exchange with Ariane de Rothschild, a prominent Swiss banking executive, Epstein responded to her mention of discussing Ukraine by saying that the US-supported Maidan coup in that country should provide “many opportunities.” This was no “Russian asset” but rather a Western operator sniffing around geopolitical flashpoints. In the files, by the way, there are also discussions about trying to seize Libya’s frozen state assets.

Even Ghislaine Maxwell’s father alleged “Russian” angle (suggested by the Daily Mail piece) revolved in fact largely around Jewish émigré networks from the Soviet Union, which in that context intersected far more with Israeli and Western intelligence milieus (Robert Maxwell was a well-known Israeli spy). The Epstein operation was embedded in the Western establishment; attempts to externalize blame look like narrative damage control.

As I’ve argued, the Epstein scandal intersects with a long history of US intelligence involvement in blackmail, sexual compromise, and child abuse scandals. What has emerged thus far may only be the tip of the iceberg.

This scandal in fact resonates quite timely with broader discussions about the coming end of the West-centered global order, now openly acknowledged in Davos. Moral legitimacy still kind of matters in geopolitics. To put it simply, when Western elites lecture the world on “values” while sitting atop a sewer of abuse, blackmail, and impunity, their authority collapses. The Epstein files are thus not just about criminal justice; they are about systemic decay.

Caution is of course still required. Scrutiny must be meticulous, and sensationalism avoided. Yet minimizing what the US Deputy Attorney General has effectively admitted is no longer tenable: the Epstein files contain child sexual abuse, graphic violence and murder. If the Western establishment wants to talk about a “rules-based order,” it might first want to talk about the rules governing Epstein’s world – which is also the world of the crème de la crème of Western politics and finance.

Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a social scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflicts, with extensive research on geopolitical dynamics and cultural interactions.

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