Epstein worked with Russian and East European sources to acquire females for his operations
You have to deal with Russian and East European mafia in order to procure females ... Melania was 'sourced' from Eastern European figures, I believe
Russia has been playing the honey pot game for decades ... They want to gain compromising information on major public figures around the globe, so those figures can be extorted and forced to do THEIR bidding
Epstein was a compromise-machine ... He not only provided underage subjects for clients to abuse, he also acquired video and photographic evidence against those clients, which could be used in later extortion efforts across the European sphere
This is what Epstein provided to national figures around the globe ... Epstein provided the bait to people like Prince Andrew, a slew of Norwegians, French, Slovak, figures who hold some role in their own states and could be corrupted
The underage subjects were the bait ... The compromised, corruptable figures were the real goal AND the real Epstein product, I believe