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☆ In Australia's Outback, Indigenous Voice Proposal Struggles to Inspire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

Experts have partly attributed the slump to misinformation, along with a lacklustre "Yes" campaign and conservative opposition. That's something I have been wondering about," he said, referring to laws allowing Indigenous Australians to claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. Reaching out to Aboriginal Australia can be challenging, as communities are scattered over vast distances and speak more than 150 languages. Votes from the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory count toward only the former. Visiting Alice Springs last month, Reuters saw "Yes" campaign posters on walls in the town centre and in government office complexes.

Persons: Praveen Menon AREYONGA, Tarna Andrews, Andrews, Sarah Gallagher, Anthony Albanese, Albanese, Albert Namatjira, Patrick Oliver, Oliver, Conrad Ratara, Ratara, Les Turner, Turner, it's, Lidia Thorpe, Nampijinpa Price, Price, Kathy Coulthard, Alice Springs, Natasha McCormack, Bill Yan, Praveen Menon, Jill Gralow, David Crawshaw Organizations: Aboriginal, Torres Strait, Reuters, Labor, Voice, New, Central Land Council, Australian, Victoria Locations: Australia, Alice Springs, Areyonga, Northern Territory, New Zealand, Canada, U.S, Hermannsburg, Canberra, Northern

[1/5] Palestinian workers enter the reopened Erez crossing to Israel, after Israeli ends a ban on workers from Gaza, in Gaza City September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Acquire Licensing RightsGAZA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Israel reopened crossing points with Gaza on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian workers to get to their jobs in Israel and the West Bank, after nearly two weeks of closure prompted by violent protests along the border. Cogat, the Israeli Defence Ministry agency that coordinates with the Palestinians, said security assessments would determine whether the border remained open. Israel blocks many goods from entering Gaza with Egyptian backing, citing security concerns, and also reserves the right to restrict exports. According to IMF figures, per capita income in Gaza is only a quarter of that of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Israel, Khaled Zurub, Cogat, Hazem, Nidal Organizations: REUTERS, West Bank, United, Reuters, Israeli Defence Ministry, Hamas, Bank, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Gaza City, Egypt, United Nations

☆ JPMorgan will pay $75 million to settle US Virgin Islands Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

JPMorgan is paying $75 million to settle a lawsuit from the US Virgin Islands over links with Jeffrey Epstein. JPMorgan is still pointing fingers at the US Virgin Islands, saying the funds will be used to shore up its law enforcement. AdvertisementAdvertisementJPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a civil lawsuit from the US Virgin Islands over claims that it facilitated Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation. The funds come on top of the $290 million JPMorgan Chase has already agreed to settle a separate class-action lawsuit brought by Epstein victims, to fund a compensation program. Epstein owned two islands in the US Virgin Islands, which were sold by his estate earlier this year to billionaire Stephen Deckoff for $60 million.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Jes Staley, —, Chase, Jeffrey Epstein's, Motley, JPMorgan Chase, Epstein, Staley, Stephen Deckoff, Denise George, Ariel M, Smith, Patricia Wexler, Wexler, Ghislaine Maxwell Organizations: JPMorgan, US Virgin Islands, Service, US, Islands, Motley Rice LLC, Barclays, Virgin, Virgin Islands, Department, Justice, Deutsche Bank Locations: Virgin, Manhattan

JPMorgan did not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement, which will give $55 million to Virgin Islands charities and the American territory's anti-trafficking efforts. The remaining $20 million will cover attorneys' fees incurred by the Virgin Islands as part of the litigation in federal court in New York. The Virgin Islands said the deal "includes several substantial commitments by JPMorgan Chase to identify, report, and cut off support for potential human trafficking, including establishing and implementing comprehensive policies and procedures." Virgin Islands Attorney General Ariel Smith said the agreement settles what was the first enforcement action against a bank for facilitating and profiting from human trafficking. The Virgin Islands previously obtained a $105 million settlement from Epstein's estate, and another $62.5 million from billionaire investor Leon Black to resolve potential claims related to Epstein.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Rod Stewart, Cipriani, Joe Schildhorn, Patrick McMullan, Jes Staley, Epstein, Staley, Ariel Smith, Smith, Boies Schiller Flexner, Stephanie Keith, Leon Black, Jamie Dimon, Jed Rakoff, Virgin Organizations: JPMorgan, U.S . Virgin, Virgin Islands, Virgin, Barclays Plc, Bloomberg, Getty Images Bloomberg, Getty, Treasury Department Locations: New York, New York City, U.S, Manhattan, Virgin, Epstein's, Florida

[1/4] A view shows an empty Palestinian passenger terminal as Israel bans Gaza workers in punitive measures over border protests, at the Erez crossing in northern Gaza Strip, September 20, 2023. The move stops more than 18,000 Palestinians from crossing for work, depriving the blockaded territory's ailing economy of around $2 million a day, according to local economists. On Tuesday, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces during the protests and 11 others were wounded, according to Gaza health officials. A spokesperson for Cogat, the Israeli Defence Ministry agency that coordinates with the Palestinians, confirmed that the Erez crossing into Gaza was closed and said it would be re-opened "in accordance with situational assessments." Over the past few weeks, the military said its soldiers had been using riot dispersal means against Palestinians throwing explosives at the border fence along the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Al, Ayman Abu Krayyem, ”, Nidal Almughrabi, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Gaza, West Bank, Hamas, Cogat, Israeli Defence Ministry, World Bank, Gaza Ministry, Labour, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Al Aqsa, Palestinian, Egypt, Erez, Qatar

☆ Explainer: What is happening between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Armenia and Azerbaijan have already fought two wars over Karabakh in the three decades since the Soviet Union they were both members of collapsed. Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh by Armenians, is a mountainous region at the southern end of the Karabakh mountain range, within Azerbaijan. Under the Soviet Union, Nagorno-Karabakh became an autonomous region within the republic of Azerbaijan. FIRST KARABAKH WARAs the Soviet Union crumbled, the First Karabakh War (1988-1994) erupted between Armenians and their Azeri neighbours. Despite that, tensions have risen sharply this month, with Armenia and Azerbaijan accusing each other of building up troops.

Persons: Stringer, Nikol Pashinyan, Cross, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Christ, FIRST, Karabakh, REUTERS, European Union, United, International Committee, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Azerbaijan, Nagorno, Karabakh, Armenia, Soviet Union, KARABAKH, Artsakh, Stepanakert, Turkey, Israel, Russia, United States, Baku, Aghdam, Ukraine, Moscow, South Caucasus

Azerbaijan said on Saturday that Armenian forces had fired on its troops overnight, and that Azerbaijan army units took "retaliatory measures". Azerbaijan's foreign ministry called the ethnic Armenian leadership of Karabakh a "puppet separatist regime" and said the vote was illegal. Both Ukraine and Baku's traditional ally Turkey condemned the election, and expressed support for Azerbaijan's claim to Karabakh. In the capitals of both Armenia and Azerbaijan, residents told Reuters they feared a new war between the two countries. In Armenia's capital Yerevan, a local resident who gave his name as Hayk accused Azerbaijan of wanting to start another war.

Persons: Artem Mikryukov, Baku, Armenia's, Armenpress, Ilham Aliyev, Nikol Pashinyan, Antony Blinken, Yuri Kim, Pashinyan, Samvel Shahramanyan, Shahramanyan, Mansura Lahicova, Mark Trevelyan, Felix, Felix Light, Ros Russell, Peter Graff Organizations: REUTERS, International Committee, Reuters, Karabakh, U.S, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: Taghavard, Nagorno, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Armenia TBILISI, Baku, Armenia, Askeran, Russian, Soviet Union, Yerevan, France, Germany, Iran, Georgia, U.S, Turkey, Russia, Moscow, Reuters Baku, Ukraine, Armenia's, Tbilisi

☆ A tiny Caribbean island could reportedly add 10% to its GDP thanks to the AI boom because it's in charge of the sought-after .ai domain name
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

But it's also in charge of the .ai domain name. The software developer who manages the domain told Bloomberg it could generate $30 million this year. AdvertisementAdvertisementA tiny Caribbean island could make $30 million from the AI boom thanks to its unique internet domain, Bloomberg reported. Cate told the outlet that the AI boom could still generate $30 million in domain-registration fees for Anguilla this year alone. That means the .ai domain could be worth around 10% of its total domestic product.

Persons: it's, Elon Musk's xAI, Vince Cate, who's, Cate Organizations: Bloomberg, Internet Corporation, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Anguilla Governor's Locations: Anguilla, British, Tuvalu

☆ Kim Jong Un feasted at a lavish banquet with gaudy lighting and a showstopping scale model of a nuclear missile
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

North Korean media released a video showing Kim Jong Un at a lavish banquet on Sunday. Four different moments of Kim Jong-Un and his daughter at a banquet table on August, 27, 2023. Kim Yo Jong was identified by NK News as the woman in a jacket standing center of picture, facing Kim Jong Un, below. A row of sailors look joyful as they serenade Kim Jong Un at a banquet in Pyongyang on August 27, 2023. A general view of the banquet in Pyongyang on August 27, 2023, attended by Kim Jong Un.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, Ri Sol Ju, Kim Ju, Kim Jong Un, Ri, —, Kim Ju Ae, Kim's, Kim Yo Jong Organizations: Navy, Service, NK News, North Korea's, Air Koryo, DPRK NK News, Guardian Locations: Wall, Silicon, North, Pyongyang, DPRK, North Korea, Koryo, Serrano

☆ 'Tragic' crash injures 23 US Marines in Australia exercises
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Samuel Mckeith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Twenty-three U.S. Marines were injured during military exercises in northern Australia on Sunday, officials said, in a helicopter crash that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called "tragic". One marine was being operated on at Royal Darwin hospital and four others were at the hospital, said Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles. Some people are critically injured," Fyles told the news conference, adding there was a "wide range" of injuries. Australian personnel were not involved in the crash that occurred during Exercise Predator's Run 2023, Albanese said. Four Australian soldiers were killed last month during large bilateral exercises when their helicopter crashed into the ocean off the coast of Queensland.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, Michael Murphy, Murphy, Natasha Fyles, Fyles, Albanese, Sam McKeith, William Mallard Organizations: SYDNEY, Marines, Northern Territory Police, Australian Defence Force, U.S . Marines, Royal Darwin, The U.S . Defense, Thomson Locations: Australia, Darwin, Northern, Western Australia, The, U.S, China, Queensland, Sydney, Bengaluru

☆ 3 Marines were killed and 20 injured after a US helicopter crashed on a training exercise in northern Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Three marines died when a US military helicopter crashed in northern Australia, reports say. Five others are in a serious condition in hospital after the Boeing MV-22B Osprey crashed. The troops were taking part in Predators Run, a training exercise involving 2,500 personnel. All 20 remaining survivors sustained injuries in the crash, and five are in hospital in a serious condition, the outlets reported. According to a statement seen by the publications, the troops were taking part in a training exercise involving 2,500 personnel from the US, Australia, the Philippines, East Timor and Indonesia.

Organizations: Boeing, Service, US Marines, Guardian, BBC, US Marine Corp Locations: Australia, Wall, Silicon, Philippines, East Timor, Indonesia, Melville, Darwin, Northern

☆ British Columbia residents on high alert as wildfires force state of emergency
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Chris Helgren | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Pat Kane Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies City of Yellowknife FollowKELOWNA, British Columbia, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Thousands of British Columbia residents were on high evacuation alert on Saturday after rapidly intensifying wildfires forced the western Canadian province to declare a state of emergency. By Friday, an out-of-control fire in southern British Columbia grew more than hundredfold in 24 hours and forced more than 2,400 properties to be evacuated. "This is an historic wildfire season for British Columbia," Eby told a briefing. "The state of emergency declaration ... communicates to people across the province the seriousness of the deteriorating situation," Eby said. The escalation in British Columbia comes as the northern Canadian city of Yellowknife evacuated most of its roughly 20,000 residents due to a large approaching blaze.

Persons: Pat Kane, Daniel Eby, Eby, Ismail Shakil, Denny Thomas, Kim Coghill Organizations: REUTERS, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Thomson Locations: Yellowknife, Fort Providence, Northwest Territories, Canada, City, KELOWNA , British Columbia, British Columbia, Canadian, Kelowna, Vancouver, British, West Kelowna, New York, Northwest, Ottawa

☆ JPMorgan, US Virgin Islands trade accusations over Epstein
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Us Appeals Judge Faults Probe Of Federal Circuit'S Pauline Newman | Andrew Goudsward | Law Firm Clifford Chance Posts Increased Revenue | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Mike Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreCompanies JPMorgan Chase & Co FollowNEW YORK, Aug 15 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) and the U.S. Virgin Islands traded new accusations this week in legal filings over their relationships with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The largest U.S. bank detailed how Epstein allegedly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments and loans to a former U.S. Virgin Islands governor and his wife. The territory in a separate filing cited a 2011 email from a senior JPMorgan executive about suspicious cash withdrawals by Epstein. The filing containing the U.S. Virgin Islands accusations was more than 680 pages. The U.S. Virgin Islands also failed to show that the bank committed obstruction, JPMorgan said.

Persons: JP Morgan Chase, Mike, JPMorgan Chase, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, John de Jongh, Cecile, John Duffy, JE, Duffy, Mary Erdoes, “, Erdoes, Jonghs, USVI, JPMorgan, Nupur Anand, Tatiana Bautzer, Lananh Nguyen, David Gregorio Our Organizations: JP, Co, JPMorgan Chase, REUTERS, JPMorgan, U.S . Virgin Islands, U.S . Virgin, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Manhattan

☆ Lawsuit accuses billionaire Leon Black of raping autistic teenager at Jeffrey Epstein's townhouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Leon Black, Chairman, CEO and Director, Apollo Global Management, LLC, speaks at the Milken Institute's 21st Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, May 1, 2018. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday accused Leon Black, the billionaire co-founder of Apollo Global Management, of raping a then-16-year-old girl with autism in 2002 at the Manhattan townhouse of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. "Wigdor's prior case against Mr. Black was recently thrown out by the Court and this one will be too. "This sham proceeding will be promptly dismissed and will provide further ammunition for Mr. Black's pending sanctions motion against the Wigdor firm," the lawyer said. The bid for sanctions also references Guzel Ganieva, who was represented by Wigdor in a 2021 lawsuit accusing Black of sexual assault and defamation was dismissed in May.

Persons: Leon Black, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Wigdor, Black, Jane Doe, Jeanne Christensen, Jane Doe's, " Christensen, Susan Estrich, Estrich, Black's, Cheri Pierson, Pierson, Guzel Ganieva, Ganieva Organizations: Apollo Global Management, Milken, Global Conference, Black, New York Times, U.S . Virgin, Senate Finance, New York Supreme, Wigdor Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Manhattan, U.S, New York, Epstein's Manhattan

JPMorgan countered that the U.S. Virgin Islands was also to blame for allowing Epstein's sexual abuse of young women and teenage girls, saying the territory used its powers to enable these crimes. The U.S. Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan for at least $190 million, saying the bank ignored red flags about Epstein because he was a wealthy and lucrative client from 1998 to 2013. Ahead of a scheduled Oct. 23 trial, the U.S. Virgin Islands wants a judge to declare that JPMorgan participated in Epstein's sex trafficking and obstructed law enforcement. The U.S. Virgin Islands has already received more than $105 million from Epstein's estate, and reached a settlement with billionaire Leon Black, a former Epstein friend. The case is U.S. Virgin Islands v. JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Mary Erdoes, Frick, Erdoes, Leon Black, JPMorgan, Jonathan Stempel, Stephen Coates Organizations: YORK, U.S . Virgin Islands, JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan, U.S . Virgin, U.S ., New, Virgin, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, U.S, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: U.S, Manhattan, U.S . Virgin, New York, Southern District, Southern District of New York, Bengaluru

JPMorgan Chase executive Mary Callahan Erdoes sought advice for a $600 million tax issue from disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2005, legal filings alleged. The USVI in court filings Monday night asked the court for partial summary judgment in its favor. In a deposition this year, Erdoes acknowledged that JPMorgan was aware of the accusations against Epstein by 2006. JPMorgan agreed to pay $290 million to settle a lawsuit from Epstein's victims, but the USVI suit has continued. On that, JPMorgan had this statement: "Jeffrey Epstein was in Florida where many of Madoff's victims lived.

Persons: Mary Callahan Erdoes, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Erdoes, Jes Staley, Bernie Madoff, Staley Organizations: JPMorgan Chase, Virgin, JPMorgan Locations: U.S, Manhattan, Florida

GAZA, July 24 (Reuters) - Archaeologists working on a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery discovered in Gaza last year have found at least 125 tombs, most with skeletons still largely intact, and two rare lead sarcophaguses, the Palestinian Ministry of Antiquities said. In the past, local archaeologists reburied findings for lack of funding but French organisations have helped excavate this site, discovered in February last year by a construction crew working on an Egyptian-funded housing project. "It is the first time in Palestine we have discovered a cemetery that has 125 tombs, and it is the first time in Gaza we have discovered two sarcophaguses made of lead," Fadel Al-A’utul, an expert at the French School of Biblical and Archeological Research, told Reuters at the site. Gaza has been under an Israel-Egyptian economic blockade since 2007 when the Islamist militant group Hamas, which opposes peace with Israel, took control. U.S.-brokered peace talks, aimed at establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, collapsed in 2014 and show no sign of revival.

Persons: Fadel, A'utul, Jamal Abu Reida, Nidal al, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Palestinian Ministry of Antiquities, French School of, Archeological Research, Reuters, Urgance, Gaza's Antiquities Ministry, Hamas, West, Thomson Locations: GAZA, Gaza, Palestine, Israel, West Bank, East Jerusalem

☆ How Jeffrey Epstein turned the US Virgin Islands into a pedophile's playground and helped elect a sitting member of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Court filings show how Jeffrey Epstein exerted power in the US Virgin Islands, two of which he owned. A financier worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Epstein owned two islands in the US Virgin Islands (there are roughly 50 islands overall). He had donated generously to Democratic politicians from the US Virgin Islands for years. With the assistance of the US Virgin Islands' first lady, Epstein navigated the territory's political waters unscathed. The court records show that, at least in the US Virgin Islands, he exerted influence with little friction.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Stacey Plaskett, —, Plaskett, Epstein, James, Lesley Groff, Scott Applewhite, Stacey, Thomas, didn't, Groff, maxed, Shawn, Michael Malone, Gabriel Lopez Albarran, Cecile de Jongh, John de Jongh Jr, de Jongh, Malone, De Jongh, Darren Indyke, Richard Kahn, Kahn, Groff didn't, Stuart McPhail, McPhail, Jeffrey Epstein's, Erika Kellerhals, Hi Jeffrey, Rick Friedman, Corbis, de, JPMorgan Chase, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's, Maxwell, She's, Mary Erdoes, Jamie Dimon's, Jes Staley, Epstein's thrall, Jongh, Denise George, Albert Bryan Jr, Bryan, Jed Rakoff, Emily Michot, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Trump's, De, Epstein doled, John de Jongh's, Kenneth Mapp, John de Jongh, John, wasn't Organizations: Virgin Islands, Service, Democratic, US, Islands, Democratic Congressional, AP, Federal, Commission, Democratic Party, Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority, Southern Trust Co, de, Indyke, Democrat, Getty Images JPMorgan, US Virgin Islands, JPMorgan, Virgin, Hyperion, Barclays, Authorities, United States Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Senate, Gov, New York Times, US Virgin, Deutsche Bank, U.S ., Miami Herald, Tribune, Getty, Federal Government, Mapp's PAC Locations: Virgin, Washington, Puerto Rico, Little St, Palm Beach , Florida, St, Croix, Manhattan, Islands, US Virgin, New York, U.S, U.S . Virgin Islands, Jongh, Tortola

☆ In Guam, a US territory, the last doctor who performed abortions left in 2018. The closest option is an 8-hour flight to Hawaii.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

While abortion is legal in the US territory of Guam, it can be almost impossible to get. There are no doctors left on the island to perform abortions, so patients rely on telemedicine. If a pregnant person can't use abortion pills, their next best option is an 8-hour flight to Hawaii. Just two doctors are licensed and willing to provide care in Guam, though they are both based in Hawaii, The Times reported. On the island, anti-abortion sentiment persists among citizens, many of whom are Catholic, and within the local government, The Times reported.

Persons: —, Republican Douglas Moylan, Moylan, Lou Leon Guerrero, Guerrero, Guam's Organizations: Service, New York Times, The Times, Republican, Times, Democratic Gov, Associated Press Locations: Guam, Hawaii, Guam —, Japan, Guamanians, United States, Guam's

☆ Jeffrey Epstein got $300 mln tax breaks, paid US Virgin Islands police, JPMorgan says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In a Tuesday night court filing, the largest U.S. bank also described how Epstein allegedly paid law enforcement entities such as the Virgin Islands Police Department. The U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned two neighboring islands, has accused JPMorgan of facilitating Epstein's crimes by providing banking services, and enabling him to pay victims. U.S. Virgin Islands police "never received a single complaint" about Epstein's sex trafficking and would have investigated complaints, a person familiar with the territory's law enforcement practices said. JPMorgan's latest disclosures followed Monday's release by the U.S. Virgin Islands of a 22-page document prepared by the bank in late 2019 after Epstein's death. JPMorgan has sued Staley, and wants him liable for damages it might owe in the accusers' and U.S. Virgin Islands' lawsuits.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Cecile de Jongh, Jeffrey Epstein's, Venetia Velazquez, de Jongh, EPSTEIN'S, Jongh, John, Jes Staley, Staley, Jonathan Stempel, Leslie Adler, Gerry Doyle, Deepa Babington Organizations: YORK, JPMorgan, U.S . Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Police Department, U.S ., U.S . Virgin, Virgin Islands, FIDE, Financial, Co, Southern Trust Co, territory's Department of Justice, USVI DOJ, Barclays, Thomson Locations: U.S, U.S . Virgin, Manhattan, U.S . Virgin Islands, Florida, New York

☆ Jeffrey Epstein got $300 mln in US Virgin Islands tax incentives, JPMorgan says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In a Tuesday night court filing, the largest U.S. bank described how Epstein allegedly paid law enforcement entities such as the Virgin Islands Police Department. JPMorgan also alleged in the filings that Epstein had ties to U.S. Virgin Islands officials, including former first lady Cecile de Jongh, who the bank said were aware of Epstein's crimes. Spokespeople for the U.S. Virgin Islands did not immediately respond to requests for comment after business hours. The territory, where Epstein owned two neighboring islands, has accused JPMorgan of facilitating Epstein's sex crimes by providing banking services, and enabling him to pay his victims. The bank wants Staley to cover its losses in that lawsuit and the U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Cecile de Jongh, de Jongh, EPSTEIN'S, Jongh, John, STALEY, Jes Staley, Staley, Jonathan Stempel, Leslie Adler, Gerry Doyle Organizations: YORK, JPMorgan, U.S . Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Police Department, U.S . Virgin, FIDE, Financial, Co, Southern Trust Co, territory's Department of Justice, USVI DOJ, Barclays, Thomson Locations: U.S, Manhattan, U.S . Virgin Islands, Florida, New York

☆ Jeffrey Epstein's victims will be able to get up to $5 million from Deutsche Bank sex-trafficking settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A settlement from Deutsche Bank will give up to $5 million each to Jeffrey Epstein's victims. Friday's court filings — if approved by the judge overseeing the case — outline how the funds would be distributed to Epstein's victims. The Deutsche Bank settlement allows Epstein's victims to file claims with a new compensation program. Their law firms can get up to 30% of the Deutsche Bank settlement funds, according to the settlement documents. Representatives for Deutsche Bank and the "Jane Doe" plaintiff didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein's, —, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Gloria Allred, Jane Doe, David Boies, Brad Edwards, didn't, JP Morgan Chase, JP Morgan, Morgan, Cecile de Jongh Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Service, Virgin

NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) agreed to pay about $290 million to settle a class action lawsuit by Jeffrey Epstein's victims, resolving a large part of litigation over the bank's relationship with the disgraced financier. Monday's settlement came 3-1/2 weeks after Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), where Epstein was a client from 2013 to 2018, agreed to pay $75 million to end a similar lawsuit by Epstein victims. "A settlement with Epstein's victims frees JPMorgan to begin to turn the page and change the narrative." The $290 million settlement amount was confirmed by David Boies, a lawyer for Epstein's victims. Last month, Rakoff said JPMorgan could be liable to Epstein's victims if they could show Staley had firsthand knowledge that Epstein ran a sex-trafficking venture.

Persons: JPMorgan Chase, JPM.N, Jeffrey Epstein's, Epstein, Jane Doe, Carliss Chatman, Chase, Temin, Jed Rakoff, JPMorgan, Adam Zimmerman, David Boies, Sigrid McCawley, Morgan Chase, Mike Segar JPMorgan, Jes Staley, shepherding, Staley, Rakoff, Jamie Dimon, Ghislaine Maxwell, Maxwell, Chatman, Mary Erdoes, Stephen Cutler, Dimon, Cutler, Jeffrey Epstein, Erdoes, Nupur Anand, Lananh Nguyen, Saeed Azhar, Luc Cohen, Jonathan Stempel, Tatiana Bautzer, Megan Davies, Alexander Smith, Grant McCool, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: YORK, JPMorgan, Washington, Lee University School of Law, U.S, Deutsche Bank, University of Southern, Co, New York City, REUTERS, U.S ., Barclays, U.S . Virgin, Thomson Locations: U.S, Manhattan, Virginia, University of Southern California, New York, U.S . Virgin Islands

☆ Israel to recognise Moroccan sovereignty over W.Sahara soon -official
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

RABAT, June 8 (Reuters) - Israel will soon announce its support for Morocco's claim of sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara region, Israeli parliament speaker Amir Ohana said on Thursday during a visit to Rabat. The Algerian-backed Polisario Front demands an independent state in Western Sahara. "I am fully aware of the importance of the recognition of the Moroccan Sahara ... Israel should move towards the goal of recognising the Moroccan Sahara just as our closest ally the U.S. did," Ohana told reporters after talks with his Moroccan counterpart. Reuters reported on Wednesday that Israel was considering backing Morocco on Western Sahara and that the issue was being discussed within the Israeli National Security Council (NSC). A diplomatic source told Reuters that Israeli recognition of Moroccan rule over Western Sahara could lead to a full upgrade of Israeli-Moroccan ties.

Persons: Amir Ohana, Donald Trump, Ohana, Benjamin, Netanyahu, Israel, Ahmed Eljechtimi, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Polisario Front, Moroccan, Reuters, Israeli National Security Council, . Security, Thomson Locations: RABAT, Israel, Sahara, Rabat, Algerian, Western Sahara, Moroccan, Moroccan Sahara, U.S, Morocco, Western, Polisario, Spain

☆ Elon Musk was just subpoenaed by the US Virgin Islands in its Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit against JPMorgan
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Grace Kay | Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk was subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit against JPMorgan over its ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Elon Musk was subpoenaed by the US Virgin Islands in its lawsuit against JPMorgan over the bank's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The US Virgin Islands offered only a glimpse into why it was pursuing answers from Musk. The lawyers are asking for the judge to approve their request to subpoena Musk over email as a result. For its part, JPMorgan has hit back that it was inaction by the US Virgin Islands that enabled Epstein.

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