Approximately Ninety Flights Linked to Epstein Reportedly Came to or from British Airfields
An investigation has uncovered that close to 90 flights connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have arrived at and departed from British airports, with some allegedly transporting women from the UK who allege they were abused by the found guilty sex offender.
Aviation Records Uncover Trail of Movement
The flight logs were part of a trove of legal papers and files made public by Epstein’s estate that have been disclosed over the past year. The investigation found 87 flights tied to Epstein – encompassing 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
Unnamed women were listed among the individuals flying to and from the UK. Notably, 15 of these UK flights happened after Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a underage person.
“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his operations in the country,” said American attorneys representing numerous Epstein survivors.
British Victims and Court Cases
Testimony from one of the UK-based survivors was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. But, that individual has not received any contact by British law enforcement, as stated by her Florida-based lawyer.
In a statement, the the Met said they had “not received any additional information that would support reopening the investigation.” They noted, “If fresh and pertinent information be presented to us, including any resulting from the release of material in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions
A bill to make public 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 expected to be released.
Separately, a federal judge ruled last week that the department could make public evidence from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
