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Epstein Scoop: Don’t Move the Body
📚 The Epstein Library Search That Started With a Broken Link Alert
Working in Anti Money Laundering, I run continuous screening on Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) under EU Anti-Money Laundering rules. My system monitors links automatically.
📩 How It Actually Started
I got an alert by email: “Link broken - UN OCHA leadership page.”
Not unusual. Websites change. But when I clicked through… “Access denied.”
Wait. Not a 404. Not “page moved.” Access denied on what used to be a public UN leadership page?
That’s the kind of thing that makes an OSINT Detective curious.
😣 It’s also decidedly inconvenient because AML analysts have to check whether the UBO or client is a PEP, and now access is denied on the leadership page, analysts can’t do their job without using extra OSINT tools. Which is weird, since it’s a publicly exposed person holding a position at the UN.
🐇 Down The Rabbit Hole:
Pulled up the Wayback Machine. Sure enough - the page was public for years. Leadership bios, photos, organizational charts. Then suddenly - locked.
So I did what you do when something feels off: searched the DOJ’s Epstein Library.
“OCHA” - multiple hits.
“Martin Griffiths” (former Under-Secretary-General) - hits there too.
✅ Reality Check: The mentions are completely routine. Humanitarian coordination documents. Normal UN references. Nothing illegal. Nothing even interesting, honestly.
🎭 But Here’s The Irony:
Without that broken link alert? I never would have looked.
The OCHA page would’ve been just another line item in continuous monitoring. Green checkmark. Move on.
The restriction itself triggered the investigation.
🔨What My Tools Found:
✓ Automated link checker - flagged the broken/restricted URL
✓ Continuous screening alerts - notified me of the change✓ Wayback Machine - showed the history
✓ Curiosity - led me to the Epstein Library
🧠 The Lesson:
When you restrict previously public information in 2026, you’re not hiding it. You’re highlighting it.
Automated compliance systems notice when things change. They send alerts. Those alerts make people investigate.
If they’d left it alone? Nothing. Just routine screening.
By locking it down? Paper trail, alerts, and a compliance analyst digging through the Epstein Library on a Sunday.
The cover-up creates the story - even when there’s nothing to cover up.
🧐 What else is hiding in plain sight because someone tried too hard to hide it?
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Epstein Scoop: Don’t Move the Body
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