Approximately Ninety Flights Connected to Epstein Reportedly Arrived at or Departed from UK Airports
A review has identified that close to 90 flights linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein reportedly arrived at and departed from UK airfields, with some allegedly carrying women from the UK who allege they were exploited by the convicted child sex offender.
Flight Logs Uncover Trail of Movement
The flight logs were among a trove of court documents and files released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been made public over the past year. The analysis uncovered 87 flights tied to Epstein – encompassing many that were hitherto undisclosed – arriving or departing from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Onboard Individuals and After Guilty Verdict Travel
Unnamed “females” were documented among the travelers travelling into and out of the UK. Notably, 15 of these British airport journeys occurred after Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a minor.
“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his dealings in the country,” remarked US lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein survivors.
UK Survivors and Court Cases
Testimony 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. But, that survivor has not received any contact by UK authorities, according to her Florida-based lawyer.
In a statement, the Metropolitan police indicated they had “not received any additional evidence that would support restarting the probe.” They noted, “If new and relevant information be brought to our attention, including any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Continuing Document Release and Judicial Decisions
A bill to release all files held by the American government in concerning Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. Hundreds of thousands of files are projected to be released.
In a related development, a federal judge ordered last week that the DOJ could disclose investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the allegations.
