How Epstein tried to buy a Moroccan palace months before his death
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In the months before his 2019 arrest on sex trafficking charges, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to purchase the Bin Ennakhil palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. Documents released by the US Department of Justice reveal Epstein's efforts to acquire the estate through a complex offshore financial structure involving the British Virgin Islands and Liechtenstein. A wire transfer request bearing Epstein's signature was submitted in July 2019, just days before his arrest in New Jersey. Financial institutions, facing increased scrutiny, began rejecting wire transfers tied to Epstein's accounts, suggesting his access to complex financial systems was diminishing. Morocco, which has no extradition treaty with the U.S., had appeared in Epstein's orbit as early as 2002.
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