A 2011 email sent to U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein outlined what the sender said were economic and legal opportunities in Libya.

A newly released document shows that one of the late US financier’s partners convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has outlined plans to seek access to frozen state assets in Libya, including seeking potential support from former British and Israeli intelligence officials.

A batch of documents released by the Justice Department on Friday includes an email sent to Epstein outlining what the sender said were financial and legal opportunities related to political and economic uncertainty in Libya at the time.

The email, dated July 2011, was sent just months after the NATO-backed uprising against then-Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi began. In October of the same year, Gaddafi was killed by Libyan rebels.

About $80 billion in Libyan funds is believed to be frozen internationally, including about $32.4 billion in the United States, according to the email.

“It is estimated that the actual number of sovereign, stolen and misappropriated assets is approximately three to four times this number,” the email states, adding that “if we can identify/recover 5% to 10% of these funds and receive 10% to 25% as compensation, we are talking about billions of dollars”.

The sender also said that certain former members of Britain’s diplomatic intelligence agency MI6 and Israel’s external intelligence agency Mossad had offered to help identify and recover “stolen assets.”

The email also mentioned expectations that Libya will need to spend at least $100 billion in future reconstruction and economic recovery.

“But the real carrot is whether we can be their go-to guy as they plan to spend at least $100 billion next year to rebuild the country and jump-start the economy,” the email said.

The email described Libya as a country with large energy reserves and high literacy rates, factors that could favor financial and legal initiatives.

It also said it had held discussions with a number of international law firms about working on a contingency fee basis.