Approximately Ninety Flights Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Allegedly Landed at or Took Off from British Airports
Analysis has found that close to 90 aircraft journeys connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have arrived at and departed from UK airports, with some reportedly having onboard women from the UK who assert they were exploited by the found guilty child sex offender.
Aviation Records Reveal Pattern of Movement
The flight logs were part of a trove of legal papers and papers made public by Epstein’s estate that have been made public over the last year. The review found 87 flights tied to Epstein – encompassing many that were hitherto undisclosed – arriving or departing from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and Post-Conviction Travel
Unnamed women were recorded among the passengers flying to and from the UK. Notably, 15 of these British airport journeys happened following Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a minor.
“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘thorough probe in the UK’ into his operations in the country,” stated American attorneys acting for hundreds of Epstein victims.
British Victims and Legal Proceedings
A statement from one of the British victims aided the conviction of Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. However, that survivor has never been contacted by UK authorities, according to her attorney based in Florida.
In a response, the the Met said they had “not been provided with any new information that would support reopening the investigation.” They noted, “If fresh and pertinent evidence be presented to us, encompassing any arising from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will assess it.”
Continuing Document Release and Judicial Decisions
A bill to make public every document held by the US government in regarding Epstein was approved by the House and Senate last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to comply. Hundreds of thousands of papers are anticipated to be made public.
Additionally, a US judge decided last week that the DOJ could disclose case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
