Close to Ninety Flights Connected to Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Arrived at or Departed from UK Airfields
A review has identified that close to 90 aircraft journeys linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have arrived at and departed from British airfields, with some reportedly having onboard British women who assert they were abused by the found guilty child sex offender.
Flight Logs Show Trail of Travel
The travel manifests were part of a trove of legal papers and files made public by Epstein’s estate that have been released over the last year. The investigation uncovered 87 flights tied to Epstein – including many that were previously unknown – coming into or leaving from British airfields between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and Post-Conviction Travel
Unidentified women were documented among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK. Notably, 15 of these UK flights took place subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a child.
“It was ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his dealings in the country,” stated US lawyers acting for numerous Epstein victims.
UK Survivors and Legal Proceedings
Evidence from one of the British victims was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. Yet, that individual has not been approached by UK authorities, as stated by her Florida-based lawyer.
In a statement, the the Met stated they had “not received any additional evidence that would support restarting the inquiry.” They noted, “Should new and relevant information be brought to our attention, including any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will review it.”
Ongoing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions
Proposed legislation to disclose every document held by the US government in relation to Epstein was approved by the House and Senate last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to follow through. Hundreds of thousands of files are projected to be released.
Additionally, a US judge ordered last week that the department could make public case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is serving a 20-year jail term over the allegations.
