Feb 17 (Reuters) - Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a “global criminal enterprise” that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, according to a panel of independent experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The experts said crimes outlined in documents released by the U.S. Justice Department were committed against a backdrop of supremacist beliefs, racism, corruption and extreme misogyny.

The crimes, they said, showed a commodification and dehumanization of women and girls.

“So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,” the experts said in a statement.

The experts said the allegations contained in the files require an independent, thorough and impartial investigation, and said inquiries should also be launched into how it was possible for such crimes to be committed for so long.

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    26 days ago

    Yes. The problem is that one of the political parties in the US, specifically the one that currently holds all the power, are super big fans of crimes against humanity. They are actively protecting and defending a rapist felon, and purposefully put him in power, twice, so that he could torture, deport, and kill their perceived enemies, everyone who doesn’t look, think, or act like them. That is their stated goal.