US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein donated $US650,000 ($920,500 AUD) to the International Peace Institute between 2011 to 2019, a revelation the think-tank’s chair Kevin Rudd says is “deeply disturbing”.
The former Australian prime minister, who became vice-chair of the UN-affiliated organisation in 2014 and chair in 2018, has convened an extraordinary board meeting after reports IPI president Terje Rod-Larsen borrowed $US130,000 from convicted pedophile Epstein in 2013.
“I first learned of contributions from Epstein’s foundations to the IPI in November 2019 through reporting by…
