In this Aug.13, 2019 file photo, a man walks his dog next to an apartment building owned by Jeffrey Epstein in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
PARIS (AP) Paris prosecutors opened on Wednesday two new investigations into potential sex abuse crimes and financial wrongdoings linked to Jeffrey Epstein following the release of millions of files of the millionaire financier and convicted sex offender, and called on possible victims to come forward.
Paris prosecutor Laurence Beccuau said the investigations are seeking to use the files released by the U.S. administration , media reports and new complaints that are being filed.
All that data some will shed light on others to be able to get a well-informed, very broad, panoramic view, Beccuau said on France Info news broadcaster.
One investigation will focus on sex abuse crimes, the other on financial wrongdoing, each involving specialized magistrates, she added.
The move comes after the release by the U.S. Justice Department of more than 3 million pages of documents, as well as thousands of videos and photos related to Epstein, who died behind bars in 2019.
These publications will inevitably reactivate the trauma of certain victims, she said. We are convinced that some (victims) are not necessarily known to us, and that perhaps these publications will lead them to come forward.
She called on victims who may have never spoken up before to file formal complaints or make witness accounts to feed French and foreign investigations.
Beccuau also said some material from old investigations is to be revisited in the light of new revelations.
She was referring to the investigation into a French modeling agent , Jean-Luc Brunel, accused of rape and sex trafficking of minors.
The probe was closed in 2022 after he was found dead in his jail cell in Paris. Brunel, a frequent companion of Epstein, was considered central to the French investigation into alleged sexual exploitation of women and girls by Epstein and his circle.
Epstein traveled often to France and had apartments in Paris.
In France, the highest-profile figure impacted by the recent release of the Epstein files in France is former Culture Minister Jack Lang, 86, who stepped down earlier this month as head of the Arab World Institute in Paris over suspicions of tax fraud.
The financial prosecutors office opened an investigation into Lang and his daughter Caroline Langs alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein through an offshore company based in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
巴黎（美联社）——在已故百万富翁金融家、性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的数百万份文件被公开后，巴黎检察官周三启动了两项新的调查，针对与其相关的潜在性侵犯罪和金融不当行为，并呼吁可能的受害者站出来。
巴黎检察官洛朗斯·贝科表示，调查正试图利用美国政府公布的文件、媒体报道以及正在提交的新投诉。
贝库在法国新闻广播电台（France Info）上表示："所有这些数据——其中部分将有助于揭示其他信息，从而获得全面、广泛且全景式的认知。"
她补充说，其中一项调查将聚焦性侵犯罪，另一项则针对金融违法行为，每项调查均由专业法官负责。
此前，美国司法部公布了逾300万页文件及数千段视频和照片，这些资料均与2019年在狱中身亡的爱泼斯坦有关。
“这些出版物的发布难免会重新揭开部分受害者的创伤，”她表示，“我们确信有些（受害者）可能尚未被我们所知，而这类出版物或许能促使他们站出来。”
她呼吁那些可能从未发声的受害者提出正式投诉或提供证人证词，以支持法国及国外的调查工作。
贝库奥还表示，根据新的发现，将重新审视一些旧调查中的材料。
她提及了对法国模特经纪人让-吕克·布吕内尔的调查，后者被指控强奸和性贩卖未成年人。
2022年，他在巴黎监狱牢房内身亡后，相关调查随之终止。作为爱泼斯坦的长期密友，布鲁内尔被视为法国调查爱泼斯坦及其圈子涉嫌性剥削女性与未成年少女案件的核心人物。
爱泼斯坦经常前往法国，并在巴黎拥有公寓。
在法国，受爱泼斯坦文件近期公开影响最显著的人物是现年86岁的前文化部长杰克·朗。他因涉嫌税务欺诈，已于本月早些时候辞去巴黎阿拉伯世界研究所所长一职。
金融检察官办公室对朗及其女儿卡罗琳·朗涉嫌通过加勒比海美属维尔京群岛一家离岸公司与杰弗里·爱泼斯坦存在关联一事展开调查。
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