This is apropos a letter to the Editor titled ‘Epstein files and the moral crisis in US’ carried by the newspaper on Sunday and yesterday.
The Epstein case has also revived speculation regarding intelligence connections. A 2020 FBI report cited a confidential source claiming that Epstein may have been “trained as a spy” and relayed information through intermediaries to Israeli intelligence.
Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have publicly rejected any suggestion that Epstein worked for Mossad. Intelligence experts quoted in reporting have emphasized that no evidence has confirmed such claims. Nonetheless, the presence of these allegations in investigative files has intensified curiosity and suspicion.
Epstein’s financial origins remain opaque. His international reach was vast. His access to elite networks was unusual. Opacity invites speculation, but speculation is not proof. The responsible position is neither blind dismissal nor reckless accusation. It is rigorous transparency. The deeper issue is structural. Epstein’s crimes were not committed in isolation.
Trafficking networks require recruitment, logistics, financial channels and silence. The public now asks whether every dimension of that network has been fully exposed and dismantled.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
The writer is a former Press Secretary to the President, An ex-Press Minister at Embassy of Pakistan to France, a former MD, SRBC Macomb, Detroit, Michigan