By Peter Koenig
Global Research
February 10, 2026
Jeffrey Epstein has been dead for close to six years. But his monstrous legacy of child abuse and sex trafficking, and that of thousands of high-flying politicians, heads of state, corporate CEOs, movie stars lives on. Finally, their crimes are being brought to light only now, when the American Department of Justice (DoJ) finally released some 3.5 million pages of who was when, how and with whom involved with Epstein.
On these files figures prominently Børge Brende, the current President and CEO of the WEF, the successor of Klaus Schwab, who "left" the WEF in disgrace, pushed out by Børge Brende and the deputy CEO of the Board of Trustees, Peter Brabeck, former CEO of Nestlé. It looks like Børge Brende may soon have to leave in disgrace too.
He claims innocence, as they all do, not having known of Epstein's criminal record, let alone of his children and sex trafficking. Brende pretends having met Epstein only once for dinner in New York. The Epstein files say differently. Now Børge Brende, the former Norwegian Foreign Minister (2013 to 2017), is in a stuttering bind.
Epstein's post-mortem may bring down the World Economic Forum (WEF). Who owns the WEF, now that Klaus Schwab is gone - or is he really gone ? - or even before ? De facto, BlackRock, or its CEO Larry Fink, owns the WEF. BlackRock is by far the largest financier of the WEF and largest shareholder of all other contributors to the WEF, e.g. Silicon Valley, Big Pharma, petrol and energy, transportation, food (i.e., Nestlé), wide range of manufacturing from cars to machinery and of course, most importantly, never to forget, the war industry.
BlackRock owns the world by a simple majority shareholding [not "absolute" majority] of almost all major industries, manufacturing, services, and banking, by managing with its interchangeable partner organization, Vanguard, plus StateStreet, a third close associate - assets valued at about 20 to 30 trillion US dollars equivalent. Exact figures are not available. Compare this with Germany's 2025 GDP of about US$ 5.1 trillion (World Bank estimates). Germany is the world's third largest economy.
Mr. Larry Fink calls the shots on everything, on everybody, on every country - and on the WEF. It is fair to assume that Larry Fink had access to the Epstein files way ahead of their publications. So, he applied the same strategy to get rid of an "unpleasant" WEF-reputation destroyers, like he did last year with Klaus Schwab, now with Børge Brende, "new" CEO of the WEF, following Schwab. Fink must have known about Brende's involvement with Epstein. Brende is a Yes-man, and Fink does not want Yes-men at the head of the WEF. He wants thinkers.
So, Fink asks the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and the Financial Times (FT), both of whom he owns via the Murdoch media conglomerate, whom he owns too, to publish an article about Børge Brende's connection with Epstein, to get the ball rolling. Once that is done, the process takes a dynamic of its own.
The question - who gave finally the order of publishing the Epstein files ? Larry Fink's involvement in the publication of the 3.5 million files is purely speculative, but would not be surprising. Just keep in mind the power structure he manages and controls.
The WEF-CEO scandal with Jeffrey Epstein could bring down the WEF. Børge Brende's days may be counted. As more of his deep involvement with Epstein is being revealed, his poor excuses "I didn't know" will not hold.
The WEF's collapse may bring a domino effect, bringing down rather rapidly the entire current world structure, the "none-rules-based order" - as all the major so-called world leaders are involved in the Epstein pedophilia.
Is that what Larry wants ? Maybe. Perhaps, with his power pathology, he sees himself as the new emperor with financial and digital control of everybody and every corner of the globe. But can he see the potential dynamics of such a move ? An awakened population may no longer bend to a single leader, no matter how fashionably he may be dressed. They know that beyond the looks, he is naked, like they all are.
And yes, Larry Fink may be evil, but he is smart. He has for sure no links to Jeffrey Epstein's club of pathological sickos.
Jeffrey Epstein was suicided on 10 August 2019 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, where he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His trial was tentatively scheduled for June 2020, though his lawyers were pushing for a later date.
It was in the interest of the "high" elite, the pedophile scum that pretends to run the world, that he not being tried as he might have divulged a lot of inconvenient truths and ruined the careers of the children-abusing elite, including presidents of the United States and other heads of state. Therefore, his elimination rather sooner than later was perfectly in line with his Secret Services employers' intention.
Epstein was working for Israel's Mossad and who works for Mossad works by default for the infamous trio: Mossad, CIA (US) and MI6 (UK). Their plan was brilliant, prepared maybe for 100 years plus. Epstein was the perfect tool - get the money and power-thirsty pedophiles, "leaders" (sic) of the world, involved with sex offenses with rape of minors, with pedophilia of trafficked, helpless, small children, with cannibalism and ultimately quick disposal of their mutilated bodies, mostly in the sea.
All these world leaders (sic), billionaires, and pedophile psychopaths, made themselves vulnerable for blackmail. Imagine what this potentially means - the world order (or disorder) could collapse as kings and queens and princesses and presidents and prime ministers are involved in the Epstein game.
Question is, who ordered Jeffrey Epstein to be suicided ? Here too, we can only speculate. And that is complicated as we are at the beginning of connecting the dots. That too is probably hidden somewhere in the 3.5 million pages of Epstein's pedophile files, just recently released to the public by the US Department of Justice.
And who eventually prompted that release ? That too, for now it is a guessing game.
How come Børge Brende has no way out?
In November 2025, when the WEF's CEO name, Børge Brende, was first mentioned as connected to Epstein, Børge Brende told the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten that he had no connection to Epstein. He said he would never have asked to meet someone convicted of sexual assault.
However, the US DoJ now proves that Børge Brende did not tell the truth in an earlier statement. Between 2018 and 2019, he exchanged at least 27 messages with Epstein. Also, three one-on-one dinners at Epstein's New York home have been confirmed. When confronted with these facts, he admits that his previous account was incorrect and explains that he had "understood the issue differently" at the time.
"I should have looked more closely at Epstein's past. I deeply regret not having done so."
This is a wonderful confession that everybody and his uncle believes.
In one of the more intimate exchanges between Epstein and Borge Brende, Epstein asks the latter about his preferences for the menu. Brende quickly replied he would again like "sushi" as an appetizer. The sushi from previous meals was so fresh and tasty. Is sushi perhaps comparable to the "pizza" of Pizzagate - remember the child sex trafficking scandal in 2016 in Washington DC, also involving little girls?
Norwegian politician Guri Melby does not believe a word of what Børge Brende says. He claims ignorance of Epstein's past, she says.
"His exchanges in which he seems to despise women is grotesque," she told the Nyhetsblikk portal.
Guri Melby is now asking Børge Brende to reassess whether he is still legitimate as president and CEO of the WEF. In more direct terms, she asks him to resign. After all, Norwegian reputation is at stake.
The relationship between Epstein and Børge Bende becomes ever more intimate, when examining the details of the e-mail and SMS exchange between the two friends. Epstein and Børge Brende even discussed the possibility of the WEF replacing the UN.
"Exactly. We need a new global architecture. The WEF has unique potential," wrote the Norwegian former Foreign Minister.
When questioned, the WEF initially remained silent. The foundation, which was still in the spotlight in Davos (end January 2026) due to speeches by Trump, Macron, Milei, and Musk, refused to specify how and when it had learned of the exchanges between Jeffrey Epstein and Børge Brende. It simply referred to Brende's statements and said it would make "no further comment at this time."
However, internally the WEF is burning. As reported by NZZ on 4 February the WEF has launched an investigation into the emerging scandal.
Will the results be like the ones of the investigation the WEF's Board of Trustees initiated and paid for in 2025 to dispose of Klaus Schwab as the WEF's President and CEO ? In 2025, the WEF's legal team vindicated Schwab and the WEF of any wrongdoing. Klaus Schwab left the WEF, but rather quietly, without a big scandal.
This investigation is much more serious as there are 3.5 million pedophile records supporting the truth, some of which implicate the WEF's CEO Børge Brende - and who knows who else from the WEF's internal elite.
Stay tuned. A major collapse may be in the offing.
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As an afterthought, consider this glance at the big picture:
In a communication from Jeffrey Epstein to Peter Thiel, Epstein says, "As you probably know, I represent the Rothschilds." Written on February 28, 2016. This says much more than meets the eye. It is not about Epstein and those pedophile psychopaths that fell into his trap - high-flying politicians and business leaders - but it is about the City of London [the Vatican of Big Finance], the west's financial system, a system that has gradually ever more corrupted our civilization.
Seth Holehouse, the host of "Man in America," calls what we have become - a pathocracy (how a small number of people without conscience take control of entire systems through compromise and blackmail). Then we go through the documents. The names. The patterns. The connections that reach far higher than most people are ready to accept. This isn't a document dump. It's an exposure of how power protects itself - and why it's starting to crumble.
If indeed, the Epstein files bring the "system" down, it would be a good thing. But only if we, the People, grab the opportunity to build a civilization with our innate human values, with a conscience, with empathy for each other, with a firm determination for peace. It will be everyday work, watching out for those evil spirits that will not let go. But what we have learned - or should have learned from the collapse of the current world un-order, the very chaos leading us into the abyss - that nothing comes for free.
We are here to enjoy what we work for, collectively for our collective good. But individual comfort is not "earned." At best, it is stolen. At worst, it is our giving in to manipulation. Because it is "easy" to turn off conscience for short-lived material well-being.
Never fall for it again ! Make conscience an all-time priority, ingrained in our spirit.
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You may be interested in watching the entire analysis by the host Seth of Man in America - a 58-min video [streamed on 1 February 2026], with extraordinary revelations analyzed for what they are - they are not fake.
rumble.comFinally, if you would like to search on your own what names are on the 3.5 million pages Epstein list, here is the link from the US Department of Justice.
It is driven by artificial intelligence, but has not (yet) been tampered with AI "fake news" and is said to be secured.
The original source of this article is Global Research.
Peter Koenig is a geopolitical analyst, regular author for Global Research, and a former Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), where he worked for over 30 years around the world. He is the author of Implosion - An Economic Thriller about War, Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed; and co-author of Cynthia McKinney's book "When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis" (Clarity Press - November 1, 2020).