JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking

Bank says it alerted US of suspicious' transactions just weeks after paedophile was found dead in New York jail cell

JP Morgan warned the US government about more than $1bn in transactions linked to Jeffrey Epstein that were possibly related to reports of human trafficking, new documents confirm.

The largest bank in the US filed a suspicious activity report (SAR) in 2019, just weeks after Epstein was found dead in a New York jail cell, about transactions linked to the paedophile financier and prominent business figures. It also flagged wire transfers made by Epstein to Russian banks.