Close to 90 Air Travels Connected to Epstein Reportedly Arrived at or Departed from British Airports
An investigation has uncovered that close to 90 flights linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly arrived at and departed from UK airfields, with some allegedly transporting British women who allege they were abused by the convicted sex offender.
Aviation Records Uncover Trail of Movement
The travel manifests were part of a trove of legal papers and files made public by Epstein’s estate that have been made public over the previous twelve months. The analysis found 87 aircraft movements linked to Epstein – encompassing many that were not previously known – arriving or departing from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and Post-Conviction Travel
Unidentified “females” were recorded among the passengers entering and exiting the UK. Crucially, 15 of these UK flights occurred after Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a underage person.
“This is ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his operations in the country,” said US lawyers acting for hundreds of Epstein victims.
UK Survivors and Legal Proceedings
Testimony from one of the UK-based survivors was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. However, that individual has not received any contact by British law enforcement, according to her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the London's Metropolitan Police stated they had “not received any additional evidence that would support restarting the inquiry.” They commented, “If fresh and pertinent evidence be brought to our attention, including 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 American government in regarding Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. Hundreds of thousands of files are projected to be released.
Separately, a US judge ordered last week that the department could disclose case files from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the allegations.