Nearly Ninety Flights Connected to Epstein Allegedly Arrived at or Departed from British Airfields
A review has uncovered that nearly 90 flights connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein reportedly touched down at and left British airports, with some allegedly carrying British women who assert they were exploited by the convicted child sex offender.
Flight Logs Show Pattern of Movement
The flight logs were part of a trove of court documents and papers made public by Epstein’s estate that have been made public over the previous twelve months. The analysis uncovered 87 flights tied to Epstein – featuring 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 listed among the passengers flying to and from the UK. Significantly, 15 of these British airport journeys happened subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a child.
“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his activities in the country,” remarked American attorneys acting for numerous Epstein survivors.
UK Survivors and Legal Proceedings
Testimony from one of the British victims was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. However, that individual has never been contacted by UK authorities, according to her attorney based in Florida.
In a response, the London's Metropolitan Police said they had “not received any additional information that would support reopening the investigation.” They added, “If fresh and pertinent information be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will assess it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions
A bill to release all files held by the US government in relation to Epstein was approved by the US Congress 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.
Separately, a federal judge decided last week that the department could publicly release investigative materials from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
