Approximately Ninety Flights Linked to Epstein Allegedly Landed at or Took Off from British Airfields
A review has found that close to 90 flights associated to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have landed at and took off from British airports, with some allegedly carrying women from the UK who assert they were exploited by the convicted child sex offender.
Aviation Records Reveal Pattern of Travel
The flight logs were among thousands of legal papers and papers made public by Epstein’s estate that have been released over the last year. The investigation identified 87 flights linked to Epstein – including many that were hitherto undisclosed – coming into or leaving from British airfields between the early 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and After Guilty Verdict Flights
Unnamed female passengers were recorded among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK. Significantly, 15 of these UK flights happened following Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a child.
“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his operations in the country,” said US lawyers acting for numerous Epstein victims.
British Victims and Court Cases
A statement from one of the UK-based survivors was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. But, that individual has not been approached by police in the UK, according to her Florida-based lawyer.
In a response, the Metropolitan police said they had “not received any additional information that would support restarting the probe.” They added, “Should fresh and pertinent evidence be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the release of material in the US, we will assess it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions
Proposed legislation to release all files held by the American government in relation to Epstein was approved by the House and Senate last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. A vast number of papers are projected to be released.
Separately, a US judge decided last week that the department could disclose case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
