Logistics giant DP World replaces chairman named in Jeffrey Epstein documents

CAIRO (AP) — Dubai has announced a caller president for DP World, 1 of the world’s largest logistics companies, replacing the outgoing caput who was named successful the Jeffrey Epstein documents.

The announcement by the government’s Dubai Media Office did not specifically sanction Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. However, it said that Essa Kazim was named DP World’s president and Yuvraj Narayan was named radical CEO. Those were positions held by bin Sulayem.

DP World is simply a logistics elephantine that runs the Jebel Ali larboard successful Dubai and operates terminals successful different ports astir the world. It has agelong been a pillar of the system of the Middle Eastern city.

The announcement comes a time aft fiscal groups successful Canada and the United Kingdom said they’ve paused aboriginal ventures with DP World aft recently released emails showed a yearslong relationship betwixt bin Sulayem and Epstein.

The emails — immoderate referencing porn, intersexual massages and escorts — surfaced successful the cache of Epstein-related documents precocious released by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Epstein killed himself successful jailhouse successful 2019 aft helium was charged with enactment trafficking. The emails bash not look to implicate bin Sulayem successful Epstein’s alleged crimes. DP World did not respond to petition for comment.

Bin Sulayem antecedently had a larger relation arsenic president of the Dubai World conglomerate, which astatine the clip included the spot developer Nakheel. That institution was down the instauration of human-made islands successful the signifier of thenar trees and a representation of the satellite that helped cement Dubai’s presumption arsenic an up-and-coming planetary city.

The state-run WAM quality bureau besides reported that Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, named a caller caput of the city-state’s Ports Customs and Free Zone Corporation. That besides was a presumption held by bin Sulayem.

The topics successful the emails betwixt Epstein and bin Sulayem scope widely, including President Donald Trump, enactment and theology. Some emails — similar others successful the Epstein files — incorporate typographical errors.

In 1 email from 2013, Epstein wrote to bin Sulayem that “you are 1 of my astir trusted friends successful precise consciousness of the word, you person ne'er fto maine down." In response, bin Sulayem said: “Thank you my person I americium disconnected the illustration a caller 100% pistillate Russian astatine my yacht.”

That aforesaid year, bin Sulayem sent Epstein an email showing a paper for a massage concern which included intersexual offerings. Two years later, bin Sulayem texted Epstein a nexus to a porn site, and, successful 2017, Epstein sent bin Sulayem a nexus to an escort website.

Epstein e-mailed with bin Sulayem astir Steve Bannon, the Trump acolyte, successful 2018, saying “you volition similar him.” In different exchange, bin Sulayem asked Epstein astir an lawsuit wherever it appeared Trump would beryllium successful attendance.

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