Epstein ville ge 94 miljoner till norska diplomatbarn
Två dagar före sin död 2019 testamenterade sexförbrytaren Jeffrey Epstein stora summor till det norska diplomatparet Terje Rød-Larsen och Mona Juuls barn. Totalt rörde det sig om 10 miljoner dollar, vilket vid tidpunkten motsvarade 94 miljoner svenska kronor, rapporterar Dagens Næringsliv.
Detta framkom i samband med att nya Epsteindokument släpptes på fredagen.
I ett uttalande till tidningen säger Mona Juul att familjen bara känner till testamentet genom medieuppgifter och inte vill kommentera saken. Hon säger att hon introducerades för Epstein i ett diplomatiskt sammanhang, och påstår att hon haft minimal kontakt med honom genom åren.
Inte heller norska UD vill kommentera saken ytterligare, skriver NRK.
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Terje Rød-Larsen
Wikipedia (en)
Terje Rød-Larsen (born 22 November 1947) is a Norwegian diplomat, politician, and sociologist.
Rød-Larsen came to wide international prominence as a key figure in the 1990s negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords—the first-ever agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)—when he served as the director of the Fafo institute. He is played by the actor Andrew Scott in the film Oslo, based on the play of the same name.
In 1993, Rød-Larsen was appointed Ambassador and Special Adviser for the Middle East Peace process to the Norwegian Foreign Minister, and the following year, he became the United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories at the rank of Under-Secretary-General.
Rød-Larsen briefly served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and Cooperation of Norway in the Jagland cabinet in 1996. He had to resign after a tax affair regarding him came to public attention.
Rød-Larsen then returned to the United Nations, where he again became an Under-Secretary-General, serving as the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority from 1999 to 2004.
From 2004 to 2020, Rød-Larsen was the president of the International Peace Institute (IPI), based in New York City, adjacent to the United Nations, which the IPI works with extensively. He resigned in 2020 over previously undisclosed links to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Mona Juul
Wikipedia (en)
Mona Juul (born 10 April 1959) is a Norwegian diplomat and former politician for the Labour Party. She worked at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has been an ambassador to several countries. Juul hails from Sparbu, and was educated in political science. She played a key role facilitating the Oslo Accords in the 1990s. On 25 July 2019, Juul was elected President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
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