挪威议会已对11名现任及前任高级部长（包括首相约纳斯·加尔·斯托雷）展开调查，这些部长涉嫌与已故的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦有不当联系或接受了与爱泼斯坦相关的资助。
Norway’s Parliament has launched an investigation into 11 current and former high-ranking ministers — including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere — over alleged ties and grants linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
1月份，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的司法部公布了数百万份与爱泼斯坦有关的文件，这些文件揭示了爱泼斯坦与全球政界人士、王室成员及超级富豪之间的复杂关系。
US President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice in January released millions of Epstein-related documents, revealing connections to politicians, royals and the ultra-rich around the world.
作为诺贝尔和平奖的颁发地，挪威在国际外交中一直扮演着重要角色；此次事件引发了挪威议会的调查及警方的侦查行动。
Norway, home of the Nobel Peace Prize and often a fulcrum of international diplomacy, has seen major fallout, triggering parliamentary inquiries and police investigations.
周三开始的公开听证会是在一系列报道的背景下举行的：据报道，挪威外交部在1997年至2018年间向“国际和平研究所”拨款超过1.3亿挪威克朗（约合1350万美元）。该研究所隶属于联合国，其负责人是挪威著名外交官特耶·罗德-拉尔森——他在2005年至2020年间担任《奥斯陆协议》的主要起草者。斯托雷本人否认有任何不当行为，但他曾在2005年至2012年间担任挪威外交部长。
The public hearing, which began on Wednesday, comes in light of reports that the Foreign Ministry allocated over 130 million kroner ($13.5m) to the International Peace Institute between 1997 and 2018. The United Nations-affiliated think-tank was led by Terje Rod-Larsen, a prominent Norwegian diplomat and chief architect of the 1993 Oslo Accords, from 2005 to 2020. Stoere, who has denied any wrongdoing, served as foreign minister from 2005 to 2012.
罗德-拉尔森在20世纪90年代的中东和平谈判中发挥了关键作用，但相关文件及挪威媒体的调查显示，他涉嫌参与为被贩卖的女性提供非法贷款及签证欺诈行为。爱泼斯坦在遗嘱中还留给了罗德-拉尔森的子女数百万美元。
A central figure in the Middle East peace talks in the 1990s, Rod-Larsen was implicated in the files and Norwegian media investigations that exposed an alleged relationship involving illicit loans and visa fraud for sex-trafficked women. Epstein also left Rod-Larsen’s children millions of dollars in his will.
“政府必须解释他们正在采取哪些措施来重建公众对挪威外交部门的信任，”主持议会监督与宪法事务委员会听证会的约纳斯·安德森·萨耶德表示。
The government must explain what it is doing to restore trust in the foreign service, said Jonas Andersen Sayed, who chaired the hearing at Parliament’s Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs.
“有许多人的判断力非常差，”安德森·萨耶德在接受路透社采访时提到爱泼斯坦的一些朋友时说道。
“There are many people who have demonstrated very poor judgement,” Andersen Sayed told the Reuters news agency in reference to friends of Epstein.
在听证会上，斯托雷首相坚称自己与爱泼斯坦没有任何关系，并表示这些“问题”只是外交部门内部的个别失误，并非该部门的系统性问题。
While testifying, the prime minister maintained that he had never had any relationship with Epstein and said the “problems” were isolated lapses, not systemic to the Foreign Ministry.
“仅仅因为一两个人的行为，就认为一个大型组织的文化存在问题，这是毫无根据的，”斯托雷（Stoere）对委员会表示。
“There is no reason to speak of an unhealthy culture at a large organisation just because of what one or several people may have done,” Stoere told the committee.
斯托雷还补充说，据他所知，爱泼斯坦（Epstein）对挪威的外交政策、发展援助或任何其他政府决策都没有任何影响力。
Stoere added that, to his knowledge, Epstein wielded no influence over Norway’s foreign policy, development aid or any other government decisions.
埃里克·索尔海姆（Erik Solheim）是一位前发展部长，他将于周三出庭作证；他认为议会的调查反应过度，这种过度反应会抑制外交工作的发展——因为外交官们会出于不必要的自我约束而选择保持沉默，从而损害国家利益。
Erik Solheim, a former development minister who will testify on Wednesday, has said parliament’s probe is an overreaction that will throttle the foreign service as diplomats opt for needless self-restraint, harming the national interest.
虽然这些人与爱泼斯坦没有在议会面前露面，但仍有其他几位与爱泼斯坦有关系的挪威知名人士（包括前首相托尔比约恩·雅格兰德（Torbjørn Jagland）、罗德-拉尔森（Roed-Larsen）及其妻子、以及前外交官莫娜·尤尔（Mona Juul））正受到腐败指控的调查。这三人均否认了自己的任何不当行为。
Though not appearing before Parliament, a number of other prominent Norwegians with ties to Epstein — including former premier Thorbjoern Jagland, Roed-Larsen and his wife, ex-diplomat Mona Juul — are under police investigation on corruption accusations. All three have denied any wrongdoing.
安德森·赛义德（Andersen Sayed）指出：“爱泼斯坦相关的文件引发了关于滥用职权、缺乏问责机制以及发展援助资金管理不善的严重质疑。”
“The Epstein documents raise serious questions about abuse of office, a culture of accountability failures and poor management of development aid funds,” said Andersen Sayed.
“这个问题关系到公众对整个政府的信任。必须查明所有事实，确立问责机制，并实施必要的改革，”他说。
“The issue concerns public trust in the entire system. It is essential that all the facts are brought to light, that accountability is established and that the necessary reforms are implemented,” he said.
议会还成立了一个独立调查小组，负责对该事件进行更全面的调查；该小组应在2028年1月31日前提交最终报告。
Parliament has also set up an independent inquiry tasked with a much broader examination of the case, which is due to submit its final report by January 31, 2028.