Nearly 90 Flights Connected to Jeffrey Epstein Allegedly Arrived at or Departed from British Airfields
A review has uncovered that approximately 90 flights connected to Jeffrey Epstein allegedly touched down at and left UK airfields, with some allegedly transporting British women who assert they were exploited by the found guilty child sex offender.
Flight Logs Reveal Pattern of Travel
These aviation records were among thousands of legal papers and files released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been made public over the last year. The investigation found 87 flights tied to Epstein – featuring many that were previously unknown – landing or taking off from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and Post-Conviction Flights
Unnamed female passengers were recorded among the passengers flying to and from the UK. Notably, 15 of these flights involving the UK occurred following Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a underage person.
“This is ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his dealings in the country,” said US lawyers acting for hundreds of Epstein survivors.
British Victims and Legal Proceedings
Evidence from one of the UK-based survivors aided the conviction of Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. However, that survivor has never been contacted by police in the UK, as stated by her Florida-based lawyer.
In a statement, the Metropolitan police indicated they had “not received any further evidence that would support reopening the investigation.” They noted, “If fresh and pertinent information be presented to us, including any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Ongoing Document Release and Judicial Decisions
A bill to make public all files held by the American government in concerning Epstein was approved by the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to follow through. Hundreds of thousands of papers are projected to be made public.
In a related development, a federal judge ruled last week that the department could publicly release investigative materials from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the allegations.
