TEHRAN – The newly surfaced Drop Site News (DSN) investigation adds yet another disturbing layer to the already toxic legacy of Jeffrey Epstein — a man whose predatory crimes were only one part of a much larger, darker network of political influence, covert operations, and profiteering. 

What DSN reveals is not merely a personal relationship between Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, but a strategic partnership that weaponized instability in Nigeria for financial and geopolitical gain.

According to the DSN documents, Epstein and Barak spent more than a decade collaborating on schemes that treated the Boko Haram insurgency not as a humanitarian disaster but as a business opportunity. Their correspondence shows them openly discussing how to turn civil conflict into “cash flow,” using Israeli surveillance technology — technology first tested on Palestinians under occupation — as their entry point into Nigeria’s oil, logistics, and infrastructure sectors.

This is not an isolated scandal. It fits into a broader pattern in which Israeli intelligence veterans, U.S. power brokers, and private capital intersect in murky, unaccountable ways. 

Epstein’s ties to Israeli intelligence circles — including figures connected to Mossad — have long been whispered about, but the DSN revelations give those whispers concrete shape. His funding of Israeli military‑aligned organizations, his proximity to senior Israeli officials, and his role as a fixer between Israeli and world elites all point to a man who operated far beyond the realm of finance or philanthropy.

Barak’s involvement is especially damning. Even after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for sex crimes against a minor, Barak maintained a close personal and business relationship with him. 

The DSN emails show Epstein coaching Barak on how to leverage Nigerian security contracts into oil deals.

This is not the behavior of a statesman; it is the behavior of someone deeply enmeshed in a transnational web of influence trading.

And the United States — particularly its political class — is hardly innocent in this ecosystem. Epstein thrived precisely because U.S. elites, including those around Donald Trump, treated him as a useful intermediary. The same political culture that enabled Epstein’s abuse also enabled his geopolitical maneuvering. It is a system where wealth, intelligence networks, and private interests blur into one another, shielded from accountability.