A controversial data broker, Near Intelligence, has collected and exposed sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by the notorious sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. The data reveals with high precision the residences of many guests of Little Saint James, a United States Virgin Islands property where Epstein is accused of having groomed, assaulted, and trafficked countless women and girls.
The coordinates collected by Near Intelligence and left exposed online pinpoint locations to within a few centimeters of space. Visitors were tracked as they moved from the Ritz-Carlton on neighboring St. Thomas Island, to a specific dock at the American Yacht Harbor—a marina once co-owned by Epstein that hosts an array of pleasure boats and mega-yachts. The data pinpointed their movements as they were transported to Epstein’s dock on Little St. James, revealing the exact routes taken to the island. The tracking continued after they arrived.
The data compiled by Near captures the movements of scores of people who sojourned at Little St. James as early as July 2016. The recorded surveillance concludes on July 6, 2019—the day of Epstein’s final arrest. The data broker has declined to comment on why those specific maps were created or if the data they contained were sold to anyone.
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