Approximately 90 Flights Associated to Epstein Reportedly Landed at or Took Off from UK Airfields
A review has identified that approximately 90 aircraft journeys connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have touched down at and left British airfields, with some reportedly transporting British women who claim they were abused by the found guilty sex offender.
Aviation Records Show Pattern of Travel
The flight logs were among thousands of legal papers and files released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been made public over the previous twelve months. The review uncovered 87 aircraft movements 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 Travel
Unnamed “females” were recorded among the passengers flying to and from the UK. Significantly, 15 of these flights involving the UK occurred subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a underage person.
“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his operations in the country,” remarked American attorneys acting for hundreds of Epstein survivors.
British Victims and Legal Proceedings
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 individual has never been contacted by UK authorities, according to her Florida-based lawyer.
In a statement, the Metropolitan police said they had “not been provided with any further information that would support reopening the probe.” They added, “Should new and relevant information be brought to our attention, encompassing any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions
Proposed legislation to release all files held by the US government in relation to Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to comply. Hundreds of thousands of papers are projected to be released.
In a related development, a federal judge ruled last week that the department could disclose case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is serving a 20-year jail term over the allegations.
