Nearly 90 Flights Connected to Epstein Reportedly Arrived at or Departed from British Airfields
Analysis has found that nearly 90 aircraft journeys linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have landed at and took off from British airports, with some allegedly transporting British women who allege they were exploited by the convicted child sex offender.
Flight Logs Uncover Pattern of Movement
The flight logs were among thousands of legal papers and papers released by Epstein’s estate that have been released over the last year. The review uncovered 87 aircraft movements tied to Epstein – featuring many that were hitherto undisclosed – coming into or leaving from British airfields between the early 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and Post-Conviction Flights
Unidentified women were documented among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK. Crucially, 15 of these British airport journeys occurred after Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a child.
“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘thorough probe in the UK’ into his dealings in the country,” remarked American attorneys representing hundreds of Epstein survivors.
British Victims and Legal Proceedings
Testimony from one of the British victims was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s accomplice socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. Yet, that victim has not received any contact by British law enforcement, as stated by her Florida-based lawyer.
In a response, the London's Metropolitan Police stated they had “not been provided with any additional information that would support reopening the inquiry.” They added, “Should new and relevant information be brought to our attention, encompassing any arising from the disclosure of material in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Continuing Document Release and Judicial Decisions
Proposed legislation to release 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 files are expected to be made public.
In a related development, a federal judge ordered last week that the department could publicly release case files from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the allegations.
