Approximately Ninety Flights Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Arrived at or Departed from British Airports
An investigation has identified that nearly 90 flights connected to Jeffrey Epstein reportedly arrived at and departed from British airfields, with some reportedly transporting women from the UK who claim they were exploited by the found guilty child sex offender.
Aviation Records Reveal Pattern of Travel
The flight logs were among thousands of court documents and papers made public by Epstein’s estate that have been released over the last year. The analysis found 87 flights connected to Epstein – encompassing 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 Flights
Unnamed “females” were documented among the individuals entering and exiting the UK. Crucially, 15 of these UK flights took place subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a underage person.
“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his activities in the country,” said American attorneys acting for numerous Epstein victims.
UK Survivors and Court Cases
A statement from one of the UK-based survivors helped convict Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. Yet, that survivor has never been contacted by UK authorities, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the the Met stated they had “not received any further information that would support reopening the investigation.” They commented, “If fresh and pertinent evidence be presented to us, including any arising from the release of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Ongoing Document Release and Judicial Decisions
Proposed legislation to release all files held by the American government in regarding 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 papers are expected to be released.
In a related development, a federal judge ruled last week that the DOJ could make public 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.
