Former Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, known for his harsh statements towards Kosovo, has recently been included in the published documents related to the financier convicted of sex crimes, Jeffrey Epstein.
In 2004, Jagland declared that the mafia had taken control of a large part of Kosovo’s government, saying that “Kosovo produces little other than crime.”
“When it is known that Afghanistan produces 75 percent of the world’s opium and that most of it passes through Kosovo, there are serious reasons to sound the alarm,” he added.
In 2010, Jagland had requested a deeper investigation into allegations that the then Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, was involved, among other things, in illegal organ trafficking. Relying on the report prepared by Dick Marty, he stated that these accusations could not remain unanswered.
“I have read the allegations of inhumane treatment of people and illegal trafficking of human organs in Kosovo. The report contains many serious allegations and I fear the consequences it may bring,” Jagland said.
Meanwhile, Jagland’s name has been mentioned in documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, where a published email exchange reveals that he and his family had plans for a trip to Epstein’s private island, near the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, six years after Epstein was convicted of attempting to purchase sexual services from minors.
The emails reveal details of the trip’s planning, mode of transportation, and who would be waiting for Jagland and his family upon arrival on the island, where many of the sexual abuses Epstein was later accused of allegedly occurred. However, in an email dated April 11, one of Epstein’s associates announced that the trip had been canceled.
In his response, Jagland, who was secretary general of the Council of Europe at the time, wrote that he could not travel due to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the report said. Dagbladet.
Jagland had also visited Albania in May 2012, where he had held meetings with senior Albanian state leaders. According to the documents, during that visit he had noticed another detail, about which a day later he had communicated with Jeffrey Epstein via email, informing him that he had been in Albania. In the document dated May 25. 2012 Jagland writes: “Jeffrey, no, I haven’t called yet. I was in Tirana (Albania), wonderful girls”.
Based on documents released by the US Department of Justice, it appears that Thorbjørn Jagland’s communication with Epstein was ongoing, reports Koha.