Background

Background Jeffrey Epstein was formally charged with Sex Trafficking Conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 371 and Sex Trafficking in violation of 18 U.S.0 Section 1591(a), (b) (2), 2 on July 2, 2019. Specifically, he was accused of sexually exploiting and abusing minor females over the course of several years. Charging documents allege that Epstein enticed and recruited minor females to engage in sexual activity. The minor females were reportedly compensated with case following the sexual encounters and some were encouraged to find other minor females to accompany them to Epstein's residences in New York and Florida. Epstein's incarceration with the Federal Bureau of Prisons The FBI arrested Jeffrey Epstein on the sex trafficking charges on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Epstein was arrested at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey upon his return from Paris, France. He was transported to the Federal Bureau of Prison (BOP) Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) located at 150 Par