The largest opposition party in Slovakia, the centrist Progressive Slovakia (PS), has filed a criminal complaint over Jeffrey Epstein’s links to Slovakia.

It comes after the latest batch of disclosed Epstein files included numerous references to Slovakia, which the late pedophile Epstein visited, as well as communications with Slovak citizens, including his links to a missing Slovak model.

Files also include communication between Epstein and diplomat Miroslav Lajčák who resigned as security and foreign affairs advisor last weekend. 

“Jeffrey Epstein is already dead, but his whole network of disgusting perverts worked. We think that these persons should face justice,” PS legislator Beáta Jurík was quoted as saying by daily SME and other media in the country.

“On the other hand, the victims who are also in Slovakia, should await justice,” Jurík added, while her PS parliamentary colleague Zuzana Števulová called on the Epstein victims, women, girls and other people, to not be afraid and to speak up.

“Today is the day when they can step out, when they can come to criminal authorities, or organisations which offer help to victims of sexual abuse, and talk about it,” Števulová stated. She also called for Lajčák to have his security clearance revoked.   

The latest batch of files released by the US Department of Justice on January 30 appear to show Lajčák discussing arranging women for himself with Epstein, who died while in custody in 2019.

In 2018, Lajčák was also reported to have offered to set up a meeting between Slovakia's current Prime Minister Robert Fico and Donald Trump’s then aide Steve Bannon after Fico was forced to step down as PM amid mass demonstrations sparked by the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak, Slovak online news outlet 360ka highlighted.   

“Btw, I have a person for him in Slovakia – my ex-PM Fico. He is out of government and looking for a new agenda. He would be happy to play Steve’s game. And he is good,” Lajčák reportedly texted Bannon. Lajčák denied to 360ka that he was setting up a meeting between Bannon and Fico.

Fico steered his Smer party deep into national conservative waters after 2018, then managed to return to power in 2023 on a radical nationalist and anti-Ukrainian ticket.

In another part of their conversation Epstein told Lajčák he would like to meet Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, to which Lajčák responded that “I love Lavrov. Remind Steve about the invitation to Slovakia and meeting with Fico,” SME reported.   

Epstein was also supposed to have texted Bannon later “Miro thinks it important that you meet Fico”.

Epstein’s contacts with Slovak citizens also include a young model, Nadia, whom online news outlet Aktuality.sk described “likely” as Nadia Marcinko from the town of Prešov in eastern Slovakia, though there is no proof. She has been missing since 2024. Marcinko was previously referred to as “Epstein’s pilot”.

“Our family has for years faced various attacks because of him [Epstein], we have learnt about ourselves everything possible from the media. I don’t want to go back to it, that is why I won’t comment on it,” Nadia Marcinko’s father, Peter Marcinko, was quoted as saying by Aktuality.sk.

The Epstein files include financial transactions linked to Prešov and also document Epstein’s interest in Slovak models and other women.