Close to 90 Flights Associated to Epstein Reportedly Arrived at or Departed from British Airports
Analysis has identified that close to 90 aircraft journeys linked to Jeffrey Epstein are said to have touched down at and left British airfields, with some allegedly transporting women from the UK who claim they were abused by the convicted child sex offender.
Flight Logs Show Pattern of Travel
These aviation records were part of a trove of court documents and papers released by Epstein’s estate that have been disclosed over the last year. The review identified 87 flights linked to Epstein – including many that were hitherto undisclosed – coming into or leaving from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and After Guilty Verdict Flights
Unidentified women were recorded among the passengers entering and exiting the UK. Crucially, 15 of these flights involving the UK happened after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring prostitution from a child.
“This is ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘thorough probe in the UK’ into his operations in the country,” remarked American attorneys representing hundreds of Epstein survivors.
British Victims and Legal Proceedings
Evidence from one of the UK-based survivors aided the conviction of Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. Yet, that individual has not been approached by British law enforcement, according to her Florida-based lawyer.
In a response, the London's Metropolitan Police said they had “not received any new evidence that would support reopening the inquiry.” They commented, “Should new and relevant evidence be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will assess it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Legal Rulings
A bill to disclose every document held by the US government in regarding Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to follow through. Hundreds of thousands of papers are expected to be made public.
Separately, a federal judge ruled last week that the department could disclose investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
