Norway and France launch joint police probe into diplomats' alleged links with Epstein

Published on 27/04/2026 - 15:12 GMT+2

Norwegian constabulary volition cooperate with their French counterparts successful an probe into apical diplomat Mona Juul and her hubby Terje Rod-Larsen, suspected of alleged corruption implicit their ties with precocious US enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A associated probe squad (JIT) has been established betwixt Okokrim, the Norwegian police's economical transgression unit, and France, Okokrim said connected Monday.

"The JIT is betwixt Okokrim and the probe relating to Mona Juul and Terje Rod-Larsen and a circumstantial lawsuit France is investigating," it said, providing nary details astir the French probe.

Several investigations person been opened successful France into imaginable fiscal offences committed by radical mentioned successful the Epstein files, including 1 into diplomat Fabrice Aidan, who worked astatine the United Nations from 2006 to 2013.

He served arsenic an adjutant to Rod-Larsen, who was a peculiar envoy to the UN caput wide portion clip from 2005 to 2016, according to a French typical to the UN astatine the time.

"The JIT volition (make) the planetary practice much efficient. Okokrim and France bash not person to constitute a caller missive of petition each clip we person a request for accusation from the different country," elder authorities authoritative Marianne Bender told the AFP quality bureau successful an email.

Norwegian constabulary successful February announced they had opened an probe into whether Juul "received benefits successful transportation to her position."

Juul was a conception main astatine the Norwegian overseas ministry and aboriginal became ambassador to the United Kingdom successful the 2010s, astatine a clip when, according to exchanges brought to airy by the media successful the Epstein documents, the mates had ties with the convicted enactment offender.

Epstein, who died successful 2019 portion successful jailhouse awaiting proceedings for enactment trafficking, reportedly near $10 cardinal (€8.5 million) successful his volition to the couple's 2 children, according to Norwegian media.

Juul, 67, and Rod-Larsen, 78, played cardinal roles successful the concealed Israeli-Palestinian negotiations which led to the Oslo Accords of the aboriginal 1990s.

According to Norwegian media, constabulary are investigating fiscal assistance the mates received to acquisition an Oslo flat successful 2018 astatine a terms beneath marketplace value, a travel to Epstein's land successful 2011, and the outgo of home-care services for Rod-Larsen.

The mates denies having committed immoderate offences.