Nearly Ninety Air Travels Connected to Jeffrey Epstein Allegedly Arrived at or Departed from UK Airfields
A review has uncovered that nearly 90 aircraft journeys associated to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have arrived at and departed from British airports, with some allegedly carrying British women who allege they were abused by the found guilty child sex offender.
Aviation Records Reveal Trail of Travel
The flight logs were part of thousands of legal papers and files made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been made public over the last year. The review found 87 aircraft movements connected to Epstein – encompassing many that were not previously known – landing or taking off from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and Post-Conviction Travel
Unidentified “females” were documented among the travelers travelling into and out of the UK. Notably, 15 of these UK flights took place following Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a underage person.
“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘thorough probe in the UK’ into his activities in the country,” stated US lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein victims.
UK Survivors and Legal Proceedings
A statement from one of the British victims helped convict Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. But, that victim has not received any contact by UK authorities, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a response, the London's Metropolitan Police said they had “not been provided with any new evidence that would support restarting the probe.” They noted, “Should new and relevant information be presented to us, including any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will assess it.”
Continuing Document Release and Legal Rulings
A bill to release every document held by the US government in regarding Epstein was approved by the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to follow through. Hundreds of thousands of papers are projected to be released.
Separately, a federal judge ordered last week that the department could disclose case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.
