WASHINGTON, DC (July 7, 2025) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) said that Jeffrey Epstein case illustrates the need for law enforcement to prioritize prosecuting sex buyers who fuel sex trafficking.
“The DOJ’s memo acknowledged that Epstein harmed over 1000 victims yet there will be no further prosecutions. Too often ‘clients,’ sex buyers, and facilitators are obscured in sex trafficking cases and not prioritized for arrest or investigation even though they commit commercialized rape and they fuel the financial demand for all sex trafficking. While we don’t know the details of the evidence the FBI has reviewed, we believe greater resources could be spent to identify and prosecute ‘clients’ and facilitators in this case,” said Haley McNamara, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Programs, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
“As a policy we believe sex buyer accountability should be systematically emphasized at all levels of law enforcement. It’s a matter of justice for survivors/victims, and of stopping serial abusers from continuing to harm others unchecked. Whether a client list of Epstein’s is identified or prosecutable, the reality is that Epstein didn’t sex traffic victims in a vacuum—the victims’ abuse was fueled by sex buyers who deserve to be held accountable.”
About National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE)
Founded in 1962, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is the leading national non-profit organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography.
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