DOJ Letter: Southern D.New, January 8, 2021 (EFTA00090290)

U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division VAA:WHG:TNB:AF:ss DOJ No. CRM-182-[number] Office ofInternational Affairs Washington, D.C. FROM: The Central Authority of the United States TO: The Central Authority of France SUBJECT: Request for Assistance in the Prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell DATE: January 8, 2021 INTRODUCTION The Central Authority of the United States requests the assistance of the appropriate authorities in France pursuant to the 1998 U.S.-France Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, as supplemented by the 2004 U.S.-France Mutual Legal Assistance Instrument (collectively, "the Treaty"). The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("the prosecutor") and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (collectively, the "U.S. authorities") are prosecuting charges of violations of United States criminal law concerning Ghislaine Maxwell and her role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein from at least in or