Epstein settlement

The US Virgin Islands announced yesterday that it reached a settlement of more than US$105 million ($166m) in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey Epstein. The settlement ends a nearly threeyear legal saga for officials in the US territory, which sought to hold Epstein accountable after he was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls and of causing environmental damage on the two tiny islands he owned in the US Virgin Islands. The islands will be sold as part of the agreement.