USA - Jeffrey Epstein was denied bail on Thursday despite his legal team's best efforts to convince SDNY Judge Richard M Berman that he isn't a flight risk. Epstein's attorneys offered a series of concessions and guarantees, such as 'deregistering' his vehicles and aircraft, wearing a GPS monitoring device, and installing surveillance cameras. Prosecutors, meanwhile, successfully argued that Epstein's vast wealth and international connections made him a prime candidate to flee the country. Epstein faces a maximum sentence of 45 years in prison if convicted. And as Bloomberg points out, "The bail decision means Mr Epstein is likely to spend more time in jail awaiting trial in New York than he did in Florida after pleading guilty in 2008 to two state counts following an investigation into similar allegations of sex abuse against minors."