A review has uncovered that close to 90 aircraft journeys linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly landed at and took off from UK airports, with some reportedly carrying women from the UK who assert they were abused by the found guilty sex offender.
These aviation records were part of a trove of court documents and papers released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been released over the previous twelve months. The analysis identified 87 aircraft movements connected to Epstein – featuring many that were not previously known – coming into or leaving from British airfields between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Unidentified “females” were documented among the individuals entering and exiting the UK. Crucially, 15 of these UK flights happened following Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a underage person.
“It was ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his operations in the country,” remarked American attorneys acting for hundreds of Epstein victims.
A statement from one of the UK-based survivors was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s accomplice socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. Yet, that individual has not received any contact by UK authorities, according to her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the London's Metropolitan Police stated they had “not received any further evidence that would support reopening the inquiry.” They noted, “Should new and relevant evidence be brought to our attention, including any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will assess it.”
Proposed legislation to make public all files held by the American government in concerning Epstein passed the House and Senate last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. Hundreds of thousands of papers are projected to be made public.
In a related development, a US judge ordered last week that the DOJ could disclose case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.
