Lithuania to seek US help in Epstein-linked trafficking probe

Lithuania to seek US help in Epstein-linked trafficking probe

VILNIUS, April 2 (Reuters) - Lithuania is preparing a ‌request to the ‌United States for cooperation in ​its investigation into potential human trafficking with links to late sex offender ‌Jeffrey Epstein, ⁠the Baltic country's Prosecutor General Vita ⁠Grunskiene said on Thursday.

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"We are preparing to send ​a request ​for ​legal aid ‌to the U.S.", Grunskiene told Lithuania's Ziniu radio.

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Investigators have interviewed around 20 people as part of ‌the probe but ​prosecutors have ​not ​pressed charges against anyone, ‌she said, and called ​on ​any victims of the suspected trafficking to ​come ‌forward to authorities.

(Reporting by ​Andrius Sytas, editing by ​Anna Ringstrom )

 

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