, but officials still have quite a bit of work ahead of them; specifically, searching the contents of the private island on which he was said to have trafficked many of his victims.
On Monday, the FBI descended on the island Little St. James, located in the Virgin Island and purchased by Epstein in 1998 for $7.95 million.
to NBC, law enforcement tried to raid the island in the past, but were unsuccessful in carrying it out.“Pedophile Island,” as locals called it, featured a 24,000-square-foot private residence, two pools, a spa, and a mysterious blue and white building that spurred plenty of online speculation. One former employee who worked on Epstein’s island from 1999 to 2006 said he often saw young women there, and that the main residence housed a sizable collection of photos of topless girls.
In addition to being his primary residence, reports also say the island served as the epicenter of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. According to an explainerby The Cut, Epstein reportedly had a dedicated team of workers who flew girls as young as 12 into St. Thomas, to be ferried to Little St. James in a private boat and trafficked to his clients:
Once on the island, the underage girls and women say they were coerced into sexual encounters and, in some cases, even held hostage. Sarah Ransome, who claims Epstein instructed her to have sex with lawyer
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