The girls who we hear about are Epstein's second generation of Lotlita’s.
The first generation was not so well known and not so lucky.
In the early 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union, Epstein traveled through the broke and literally starving Eastern European and Slavic countries buying attractive, very young girls (some as young as 8 years old) from their parents or from government orphanages or child welfare organizations for $2000- $5000 to provide fodder his schemes .
A couple of the girls have actually done quite well for themselves. One of the girls who was purchased in Romania from her starving family for around $3000 when she was 10 years old worked her way up to den mother and organizer for all the younger girls in Epstein's harem.
Another very attractive blond caught the eye of one of Epstein's corporate pilots and he taught her how to fly and he helped her to get out and move on to career in corporate aviation.
The rest of these first gen girls have just disappeared. It would be nice to verify that they were not eliminated to destroy the evidence
Prostitution in Eastern Europe doesn’t have the same level of stigma as it does here.
Drive through rural areas of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, etc.
Every rural gas station has a resident prostitute or two or more. Many are quite young and attractive. They sit there, behind big picture windows, under red or pink lights and feather boas, waiting for the next traveler in need.
The bigger cities advertise brothels and escorts.
Young women grow up quickly there. Having steady, intimate relationships at 12 or 13 is quite common.
I would imagine many of Epstein’s workers were paid well by local standards and went home to somewhat normal lives, and don’t want to be involved in the news.