Close to 90 Air Travels Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Allegedly Arrived at or Departed from UK Airfields
An investigation has found that approximately 90 aircraft journeys associated to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly landed at and took off from British airports, with some reportedly carrying British women who assert they were abused by the found guilty child sex offender.
Flight Logs Show Pattern of Movement
The flight logs were part of thousands of legal papers and papers made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been made public over the previous twelve months. The investigation uncovered 87 flights tied to Epstein – featuring many that were previously unknown – coming into or leaving from British airfields between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Onboard Individuals and Post-Conviction Flights
Unidentified women were documented among the travelers flying to and from the UK. Notably, 15 of these UK flights took place subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a underage person.
“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his operations in the country,” remarked US lawyers acting for hundreds of Epstein survivors.
British Victims and Legal Proceedings
A statement from one of the UK-based survivors aided the conviction of Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. But, that individual has never been contacted by British law enforcement, as stated by her Florida-based lawyer.
In a response, the Metropolitan police stated they had “not received any new information that would support restarting the probe.” They added, “If fresh and pertinent information be brought to our attention, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Ongoing Disclosure and Legal Rulings
A bill to disclose every document held by the American government in regarding Epstein was approved by the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. Hundreds of thousands of documents are projected to be made public.
Separately, a US judge decided last week that the department could make public 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.