India, Dec. 20 -- The so-called "Epstein files" are not a single neat folder locked in some vault; they are a messy trail of court documents, flight logs, contact books, depositions, sealed testimonies, and names that surfaced during years of investigations into Jeffrey Epstein-a wealthy financier who ran a global sex-trafficking and exploitation network involving underage girls, protected for decades by money, influence, and elite connections. Epstein did not operate like a street criminal. He operated like a concierge for power-politicians, royalty, businessmen, academics, intelligence-linked figures, celebrities-anyone important enough to be useful, vulnerable, or both. His arrest in 2019 and his death in a New York jail-officially rul...