By Jasper Ward
2026年2月17日 美国东部时间晚上10:39 更新于1小时前
Ghislaine Maxwell和Jeffrey Epstein在这张由美国华盛顿特区司法部于2025年12月19日发布的图片中被看到，这是其对已故金融家、定罪的性犯罪者Jeffrey Epstein调查的新一批文件的一部分。
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2月17日（路透社）- 联合国人权理事会任命的一个独立专家小组称，与已故性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦(Jeffrey Epstein)相关的数百万份文件表明存在一个”全球犯罪企业”，其实施的行为达到了危害人类罪的法律门槛。
专家们表示，美国司法部发布的文件中概述的犯罪行为是在白人至上主义信仰、种族主义、腐败和极端厌女症的背景下实施的。
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他们称，这些犯罪行为显示了对妇女和女童的物化和非人道化。
专家们在一份声明中表示：”这些针对妇女和女童的暴行规模之大、性质之恶劣、系统性之强以及跨国影响之广，使得其中一些行为有理由达到危害人类罪的法律门槛。”
专家们指出，档案中包含的指控需要进行独立、彻底和公正的调查，并表示还应调查这些罪行如何能够长期实施。
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2025年11月，国会以广泛的两党支持通过了一项法律，要求所有与爱泼斯坦相关的文件公开。
联合国专家对”严重的合规失败和糟糕的编辑”表示关切，这些问题导致敏感的受害者信息被泄露。到目前为止发布的文件中已确认了1200多名受害者。
专家们表示：”不愿充分披露信息或扩大调查范围，使许多幸存者感到再次受到创伤，并遭受他们所说的’机构煤气灯效应'(institutional gaslighting)。”
司法部发布的文件揭示了爱泼斯坦在2008年承认涉及未成年人的卖淫指控之前和之后，与政治、金融、学术界和商界的许多知名人士的联系。
2019年，在因涉嫌贩卖未成年人性犯罪的联邦指控再次被捕后，他被发现吊死在监狱牢房中。他的死亡被裁定为自杀。
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Allegations in Epstein files may amount to ‘crimes against humanity,’ UN experts say
By Jasper Ward
February 17, 2026 10:39 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. Justice Department/Handout via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
Feb 17 (Reuters) – Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a “global criminal enterprise” that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, according to a panel of independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the U.S. Justice Department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny.
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The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanization of women and girls.
“So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,” the experts said in a statement.
The experts said the allegations contained in the files require an independent, thorough and impartial investigation, and said inquiries should also be launched into how it was possible for such crimes to be committed for so long.
The U.S. Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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A law, approved by Congress with broad bipartisan support in November, requires all Epstein-related files to be made public.
The U.N. experts raised concerns about “serious compliance failures and botched redactions” that exposed sensitive victim information. More than 1,200 victims were identified in the documents that have been released so far.
“The reluctance to fully disclose information or broaden investigations, has left many survivors feeling retraumatized and subjected to what they describe as ‘institutional gaslighting,’” the experts said.
The Justice Department’s release of documents has revealed Epstein’s ties to many prominent people in politics, finance, academia and business – both before and after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to prostitution charges, including soliciting an underage girl.
He was found hanged in his jail cell in 2019 after being arrested again on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors. His death was ruled a suicide.
Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; editing by Michelle Nichols and Daniel Wallis
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