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‍Epstein Files Contain Significant References to Honduras, Substantiating Aerial Recovery Field Intelligence and Highlighting Connections to Global Human Trafficking‍

Press Contact: Josh Delano at josh@delanoye.com

‍Nashville, TN - As millions of pages of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation are released to the public, a review of the materials indicates that Honduras is referenced 164 times throughout the files. For Aerial Recovery, an organization that has conducted long-term undercover anti-human trafficking operations in Honduras, those references carry significant weight.

For more than two years prior to the public release of the Epstein files, Aerial Recovery’s vetted sources and witnesses in Roatan and on the Honduran mainland repeatedly identified a specific private island, or key, located off the east coast of Roatan as a site of suspected illicit activity. At the time, those reports were based solely on human intelligence gathered through survivor interviews, local contacts, and covert field operations. Following the release of the Epstein files, that same location appeared multiple times within the newly available documents. While Aerial Recovery does not draw legal conclusions outside of the judicial process, the alignment between independently gathered field intelligence and the content of the released materials provides meaningful substantiation of survivor and source testimony.

‍“For over two years, our sources consistently referenced this specific location,” said Britnie Turner, President of Aerial Recovery. “When the files were released and that same place appeared in federal investigative material, it validated what survivors and witnesses had already been telling us.”

‍Britnie Turner and her husband and Co-Founder, retired special forces operator Jeremy Locke, are both available for interviews to discuss these findings and their implications. Human trafficking remains one of the largest and fastest-growing criminal economies in the world. An estimated 49.6 million people are currently trapped in modern-day slavery worldwide. Twelve million of them are children. In 2024, the global human trafficking industry was cited at 236 billion dollars, representing a 436.4 percent increase over the last decade. Trafficking extends beyond sexual exploitation. It includes labor trafficking, organ trafficking, coercive job schemes, and other forms of exploitation that prey on vulnerability and instability. Honduras remains a high-risk region due to geographic vulnerabilities and organized criminal presence, making long-term intelligence work essential in identifying and interrupting trafficking networks. Aerial Recovery’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force operates globally to combat trafficking through prevention, operations, training, and aftercare.

‍Prevention and Awareness
The Task Force delivers prevention programming designed not only to educate communities about trafficking, but to equip them with the tools to recognize, interrupt, and prevent exploitation before it occurs. Awareness is not simply knowing trafficking exists. Awareness is knowing how to stop it and choosing to take action. Action interrupts exploitation. “The best rescue is the one that never had to happen,” said Britnie Turner, President of Aerial Recovery.

‍Operations and Training
Aerial Recovery teams conduct missions worldwide that include undercover operations, intelligence analysis, digital forensics, and capacity-building trainings for host nation partners so they can continue anti-trafficking efforts within their own borders.

‍Aftercare and Survivor Support
The organization supports trauma-informed aftercare programs that help survivors heal from the realities of trafficking and sexual abuse, ensuring restoration beyond immediate rescue. Aerial Recovery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating human trafficking through undercover operations, survivor advocacy, prevention programming, and global task force initiatives. Through intelligence-driven missions and trauma-informed care, Aerial Recovery works to interrupt exploitation and protect the vulnerable worldwide.

Learn more at aerialrecovery.org.