The latest documents released by the US Department of Justice as part of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation reveal shocking allegations of possible involvement of a Macedonian citizen - a professor at Columbia University - in the procurement and export of human brains from Macedonia for scientific experiments in the United States.
According to the documents, this involved about 1,000 human brains, some of them from people who committed suicide. The investigation contains no information about whether the families of the deceased in Macedonia gave their consent to such use of the organs, nor whether Macedonian institutions were aware of or gave permission for such an export.
One of the leaked emails, dated February 5, 2019, discusses research related to the causes and biological aspects of suicide. The documents also mention scientists from several prominent American universities, including Pittsburgh, Columbia, New York and Yale.
In the section on Macedonia, it is stated that "the small Balkan country of Macedonia provides brainpower thanks to a Columbia University faculty member who hails from there and helped organize the entire process."
According to the description, the organs were shipped immediately after removal, transported by plane under special escort, and shipped about 7,500 kilometers to the United States. There, they ended up in special boxes, marked with QR codes, with sections of dissected tissue labeled by side and date of collection.
These allegations once again draw attention to the network of contacts and activities linked to Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted in Florida in 2008 of soliciting minors into prostitution and in 2019 was charged by the US Department of Justice with human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
In August 2019, Epstein was found dead in his New York prison cell and his death was officially ruled a suicide - a case that continues to generate controversy and suspicion.
