Nearly 90 Flights Connected to Epstein Reportedly Came to or from UK Airfields
Analysis has found that close to 90 flights connected to Jeffrey Epstein are said to have touched down at and left British airports, with some reportedly transporting women from the UK who assert they were abused by the convicted sex offender.
Flight Logs Show Pattern of Movement
These aviation records were part of thousands of court documents and files made public by Epstein’s estate that have been disclosed over the last year. The analysis uncovered 87 aircraft movements tied to Epstein – featuring many that were hitherto undisclosed – coming into or leaving from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018.
Onboard Individuals and After Guilty Verdict Travel
Unidentified “females” were recorded among the travelers travelling into and out of the UK. Crucially, 15 of these UK flights happened subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a underage person.
“It was ‘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.
UK Survivors and Court Cases
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. However, that victim has not been approached 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 restarting the probe.” They noted, “If fresh and pertinent information be presented to us, including any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will review it.”
Continuing Document Release and Judicial Decisions
Proposed legislation to disclose every document held by the US government in relation to Epstein passed the House and Senate last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. Hundreds of thousands of files are expected to be made public.
Additionally, a federal judge ruled last week that the department could publicly release investigative materials from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.
