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Surrey Police open child abuse probes after DOJ Epstein files

5/19/2026

Summary

Story summary

Surrey Police opened two investigations after the U.S. Department of Justice released files linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
The force is probing child sexual abuse allegations in Surrey, Berkshire and West Surrey, has asked witnesses about a 1994-1996 Virginia Water allegation, and has recorded no arrests.
The National Police Chiefs' Council and the National Crime Agency created a coordination group to support eight UK forces reviewing the 3.5 million pages of documents.

History

Historical Context

After the Metropolitan Police launched Operation Yewtree in October 2012—recording 589 alleged victims and deploying 30 officers to investigate historic abuse tied to Jimmy Savile, the UK has repeated the multi-agency model. Now Surrey Police, working with the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, began reviewing 3.5 million U.S. DOJ pages on Jeffrey Epstein, echoing the coordinated approach of the earlier probe.

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Story summary

Surrey Police opened two investigations after the U.S. Department of Justice released files linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
The force is probing child sexual abuse allegations in Surrey, Berkshire and West Surrey, has asked witnesses about a 1994-1996 Virginia Water allegation, and has recorded no arrests.
The National Police Chiefs' Council and the National Crime Agency created a coordination group to support eight UK forces reviewing the 3.5 million pages of documents.

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