NEW YORK - Jeffrey Epstein’s confidant Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in New Hampshire on Thursday morning, the FBI confirmed to Fox News.Epstein’s former girlfriend and accused madam was taken into custody at 8:30 a.m.
in Branford, N.H.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe charges against her are currently sealed.Maxwell, the daughter of late British media magnate Robert Maxwell, has been accused in civil court filings of facilitating a sex-trafficking operation that brought girls -- some as young as 14 -- to Epstein's Manhattan home, though until Thursday she had not been formally charged with any criminal wrongdoing.RELATED: Jeffrey Epstein found dead in Manhattan jail cell, FBI investigatingWhile there.