Nearly Ninety Flights Linked to Epstein Reportedly Landed at or Took Off from British Airfields
A review has found that nearly 90 aircraft journeys connected to Jeffrey Epstein reportedly touched down at and left British airports, with some allegedly having onboard women from the UK who allege they were abused by the found guilty sex offender.
Aviation Records Uncover Pattern of Travel
The flight logs were among thousands of legal papers and papers released by Epstein’s estate that have been made public over the past year. The analysis identified 87 aircraft movements linked to Epstein – featuring many that were previously unknown – arriving or departing from British airfields between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and Post-Conviction Travel
Unidentified female passengers were documented among the individuals flying to and from the UK. Crucially, 15 of these British airport journeys happened subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a minor.
“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘thorough probe in the UK’ into his operations in the country,” stated American attorneys representing hundreds of Epstein survivors.
British Victims and Legal Proceedings
Testimony from one of the UK-based survivors helped convict Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. However, that survivor has not been approached by British law enforcement, according to her Florida-based lawyer.
In a response, the London's Metropolitan Police said they had “not received any additional information that would support restarting the probe.” They noted, “Should new and relevant evidence be presented to us, encompassing any arising from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will review it.”
Continuing Document Release and Judicial Decisions
Proposed legislation to disclose every document held by the US government in concerning Epstein was approved by the House and Senate last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. A vast number of documents are expected to be made public.
In a related development, a US judge ruled last week that the department could disclose investigative materials from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
