Approximately 90 Air Travels Connected to Epstein Allegedly Came to or from British Airports
An investigation has uncovered that approximately 90 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein allegedly touched down at and left British airfields, with some allegedly transporting women from the UK who assert they were exploited by the convicted sex offender.
Aviation Records Show Pattern of Movement
The flight logs were among a trove of legal papers and papers released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been released over the last year. The review identified 87 flights linked to Epstein – featuring many that were not previously known – arriving or departing from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and After Guilty Verdict Flights
Unidentified “females” were listed among the individuals flying to and from the UK. Crucially, 15 of these UK flights took place subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a underage person.
“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his operations in the country,” remarked US lawyers representing numerous Epstein survivors.
UK Survivors and Legal Proceedings
Testimony from one of the British victims was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s accomplice socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. However, that survivor has never been contacted by British law enforcement, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a response, the London's Metropolitan Police stated they had “not been provided with any further information that would support reopening the probe.” They commented, “Should new and relevant information be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Legal Rulings
Proposed legislation to release every document held by the US government in relation to Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. A vast number of files are projected to be released.
In a related development, a federal judge decided last week that the DOJ could publicly release case files from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.