Epstein planned Ehud Barak’s meeting with the Secretary of the National Security Council of Mongolia.

Jeffrey Epstein’s ability to pull strings at the highest echelons of global power is no longer just rumor—it’s confirmed by a cache of leaked emails from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. These documents expose Epstein—already notorious for his criminal life and intelligence connections—as a behind-the-scenes fixer, using his network and financial heft to help broker a security and technology deal between Israel and Mongolia.

Epstein’s Network Reaches Ulaanbaatar

Epstein’s personal ties to Israeli leadership, including Barak and Ehud Olmert, were already well-known, as were his donations to Israeli causes like Friends of the IDF. Yet, these emails, released by the pro-Palestinian hacking group Handala(possibly tied to Iran), and published via Distributed Denial of Secrets, prove for the first time that Epstein facilitated a state-level deal leading to a formal bilateral security agreement.

The leak includes unpublished photos and documents spanning 2013–2016 with virtually daily correspondence between Barak and Epstein, showing Epstein arranging Barak’s meetings with Mongolia’s top brass.

Orchestrating State Security

In April 2013, only a month after stepping down as Israel’s Defense Minister, Barak landed in Mongolia to meet President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and key security officials. The trip’s real architect? Not Barak, but Epstein—coordinating logistics, introductions, and the broader strategy behind the scenes. The emails make it clear: Epstein was instrumental in setting up Barak’s meeting with Enkhtuvshin Tsagaandari, Secretary of Mongolia’s National Security Council. At this pivotal exchange, the CEO of Israel Weapon Industries delivered a gift—a Jericho pistol engraved for the occasion—cementing ties and paving the way for deeper cooperation.

Barak’s Official Offer: Spying Tech for Mongolia

The Israeli push didn’t stop at gifts or diplomacy. Ehud Barak submitted an official Israeli memorandum to Terje Rød-Larsen, president of the International Peace Institute, outlining a proposal for advanced spying technology, electronic surveillance, and intelligence support for Mongolia. Tellingly, the letterhead bore Israel’s official emblem above Barak’s name—a detail legally requiring Israeli Minister of the Interior’s approval.

Barak’s memo also promised support in modern agriculture, water management, and medical diagnostics, while Barak himself cut deals with Israeli biotech and mining firms on the side—showcasing how political and private profits were deeply entwined.

Epstein, the Mongolia Advisory Board, and Global Power Brokering

The “advisory team” concept in Mongolia wasn’t organic; it was proposed by Terje Rød-Larsen (president of IPI and prominent Oslo Accords mediator), another figure deep within Epstein and Barak’s network. Barak, Rød-Larsen, and even Lawrence Summers (former Harvard president and U.S. Treasury Secretary) were tapped by Epstein to serve on the “Mongolia Presidential Advisory Board” with each reportedly earning up to $100,000 for their efforts.

Their inaugural meeting—at Davos, naturally—included the Mongolian President, National Security Advisor, and Rød-Larsen, with Epstein joining as “financier”[meeting notes PDF]. Advice flowed on everything from creating a Mongolian sovereign wealth fund to importing Israeli “zero-click” cyber-surveillance capability.

Epstein’s Payouts, Paybacks, and Side Deals

Emails reveal Barak soliciting Epstein’s help for payment, with Rød-Larsen eventually signing off on $100,000 to Epstein from IPI funds earmarked for the Mongolia board. Follow-up communications show further efforts to compensate Epstein—even offering him another’s share when ex-Australian PM Kevin Rudd refused payment.

At the same time, Epstein brokered a $1 million loan to Barak to help finance Reporty (now Carbyne), an Israeli startup offering emergency dispatch and surveillance tech—demonstrating again how personal, state, and commercial interests endlessly overlapped.

Fallout, Denials, and Damaged Reputations

Rød-Larsen was forced to resign as IPI president in 2020 after it emerged Epstein had loaned him money—a fact the IPI tried to distance from organizational activities. Subsequent audits revealed more than $650,000 in donations from Epstein-linked entities to IPI between 2010 and 2019.

Barak, for his part, adamantly denies knowledge of Epstein’s sex trafficking, insisting their relationship was mostly business and occasional “unique” personal friendship—a version of events that grows harder to believe with each new email leak.

A New Blueprint for Influence

What these revelations make clear is that Epstein operated, not just as a financier or criminal, but as a geopolitical go-between—altering the relationships between states by leveraging his financial and political cachet. His work on Israel’s Mongolia deal, via Barak, the International Peace Institute, and a web of tech executives, shows how deep the reach of private intelligence and unofficial diplomacy really goes.