Who was Jeffrey Epstein really? And what role did Switzerland play in the sprawling sex trafficking network he established across the world? We met with experts in forensic psychiatry, economics, and tax law to better understand his personality. A highly skilled manipulator, charismatic man devoid of all empathy, he knew how to seduce the world's most powerful figures until he sometimes became their confidant. In the web he wove, Switzerland's financial center and the World Economic Forum in Davos played key roles. From Geneva to New York via Paris and his connections with Ariane de Rothschild, our journalist investigates a predator who had friends in high places in the land of banks.

Filming Locations

Davos , Suisse, World Economic Forum.
Zurich, Suisse: one of Epstein's victim's employment, banking negotiations.
Little Saint James: Epstein's private properties on U.S. Virgin Islands (mentioned).
University of Berkeley (mentioned).
Mar-a-Lago, U.S. Trump's residence (video archives).
Washington, U.S.: négociations of the Swiss Bank Settlement (mentioned).

Main Contributors

Rigobert Hervais Kamdem, forensic psychiatrist.
John Antonakis, professor at the University of Lausanne, expert in leadership and charisma.
Jean-Christophe Graz, professor of political science at the University of Lausanne, specialist on the World Economic Forum.
Xavier Oberson, lawyer and professor of tax law at the University of Geneva.
Teala Davies, victim of Epstein abused in 2002.
Beatrice Keul, former Miss Switzerland runner-up who encountered Epstein.
Ariane de Rothschild, baroness and head of the Edmond de Rothschild Group.

Key Themes

Epstein's sexual predation system in Switzerland, approximately ten adult victims, mainly from Eastern Europe.
Epstein's use of charisma and privatenetwork to infiltrate Swiss elites through the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Epstein's wealth management activities with Swiss banks, notably the Edmond de Rothschild and Julius Bär banks.
Epstein's role in negotiating down the fines imposed on Swiss banks in the Swiss Bank settlement with U.S. authorities.

Key Figures

3.5 million documents comprise the Epstein Files made available to the public by the U.S. Department of Justice.
More than 1,000 Epstein victims estimated by the FBI across multiple countries.
Epstein's charisma score measured at 0.60 by an artificial intelligence program, double the average of U.S. presidential candidates since 1916.
Nearly 10% of the 727 American participants at the 2019 World Economic Forum had a connection to Jeffrey Epstein.
The Edmond de Rothschild bank's fine was reduced from 80 to 45 million dollars through Epstein's negotiations.

Quotes

Teala Davies: "I was only 17 years old. I was the perfect victim. I was alone and I needed help. Jeffrey Epstein behaved as a predator with me."
Rigobert Hervais Kamdem: "The victims became relays of this system. They also had to manage the guilt of having recruited other victims"
John Antonakis: "I was really shocked. Now I understand why he was able to do the evil that he did. He was really, really a very charismatic man."
Beatrice Keul: "I felt like a rider propelled into Predator Land."