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Jeffrey Epstein moved “young, beautiful” women from Eastern Europe to the United States, helping them obtain visas and jobs by using his connections at the International Peace Institute (IPI), a prominent New York based think tank that the Australian government helped fund.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade provided the IPI with nearly $1 million worth of grants between 2002 and 2020, during which at least two women who have identified themselves as victims of Epstein were employed by the organisation at his urging. Epstein even directed IPI staff to make visa submissions to US authorities on their behalf.
A spokesperson for former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who was appointed to the board of the IPI in 2014 and became its Chair in 2018, told Lamestream in response to the revelations that he was “deeply disturbed”, “outraged”, and would now “welcome any inquiry by any donor government – including Australia – into how their funds have been used.”
Asked directly by Lamestream whether it can guarantee Australian taxpayer funds were not used to facilitate Epstein’s crimes, the IPI refused to answer directly.
“IPI continues to be very troubled by the documents released recently by the US Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein,” said a spokesperson. “IPI joins with those around the world who have expressed solidarity with the survivors of Epstein's wrongdoings.”
The tip-off
Six months after Jeffrey Epstein died in prison, the prosecutor in charge of his case received a tip that suggested the disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker had used his connections to send “young, beautiful” women from Eastern Europe to the United Nations, under the auspices of the IPI.
