Close to Ninety Flights Connected to Epstein Reportedly Landed at or Took Off from UK Airfields
A review has identified that nearly 90 aircraft journeys connected to Jeffrey Epstein are said to have arrived at and departed from British airports, with some allegedly transporting British women who claim they were exploited by the found guilty sex offender.
Flight Logs Uncover Trail of Travel
These aviation records were among thousands of court documents and papers released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been disclosed over the past year. The review found 87 flights linked to Epstein – including many that were not previously known – landing or taking off from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and After Guilty Verdict Flights
Unnamed female passengers were documented among the travelers travelling into and out of the UK. Significantly, 15 of these UK flights took place subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a child.
“This is ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his dealings in the country,” remarked US lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein victims.
UK Survivors and Legal Proceedings
A statement from one of the UK-based survivors helped convict Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. Yet, that survivor has not received any contact by police in the UK, according to her attorney based in Florida.
In a response, the London's Metropolitan Police stated they had “not been provided with any further information that would support restarting the inquiry.” They commented, “Should new and relevant information be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of material in the US, we will assess it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Legal Rulings
A bill to make public all files held by the US government in regarding Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. Hundreds of thousands of files are expected to be released.
Separately, a US judge ordered last week that the DOJ could disclose evidence from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the allegations.