Overview
- Surrey Police announced on Tuesday that they have opened two separate criminal investigations into historical sexual-abuse allegations linked to Jeffrey Epstein after complainants came forward.
- One inquiry covers alleged assaults in the west of Surrey in the mid-to-late 1980s and the other concerns incidents in Surrey and Berkshire, including Virginia Water and areas near Windsor, from the mid-1990s to about 2000.
- Specialist child-abuse teams are leading the probes and Surrey says there have been no arrests or formal suspect interviews so far.
- Separate UK forces are pursuing related leads with Thames Valley Police handling matters involving Prince Andrew and the Metropolitan Police examining claims tied to Peter Mandelson while six forces review possible trafficking flights under National Police Chiefs’ Council coordination.
- Police say progress may be limited because the US Department of Justice will only supply original files through formal international legal requests, a step that could delay evidence sharing and any potential prosecutions despite the late-2025 release of DOJ materials that triggered new complaints.