A review has uncovered that approximately 90 aircraft journeys connected to Jeffrey Epstein reportedly arrived at and departed from UK airfields, with some allegedly carrying women from the UK who assert they were exploited by the found guilty sex offender.
Flight Logs Uncover Trail of Movement
The flight logs were part of a trove of legal papers and files released by Epstein’s estate that have been disclosed over the past year. The analysis uncovered 87 flights linked to Epstein – featuring many that were hitherto undisclosed – coming into or leaving from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and After Guilty Verdict Flights
Unnamed women were recorded among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK. Significantly, 15 of these British airport journeys occurred following Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a child.
“This is ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his operations in the country,” said US lawyers acting for numerous Epstein survivors.
UK Survivors and Legal Proceedings
Evidence from one of the UK-based survivors aided the conviction of Epstein’s accomplice socialite 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 Florida-based lawyer.
In a statement, the Metropolitan police stated they had “not been provided with any new evidence that would support reopening the inquiry.” They commented, “Should fresh and pertinent evidence be presented to us, encompassing any arising from the release of material in the US, we will review it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Legal Rulings
A bill to make public every document held by the US government in relation to Epstein was approved by the House and Senate last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to comply. Hundreds of thousands of papers are expected to be made public.
Separately, a US judge ordered last week that the department could disclose evidence from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.
