Nearly Ninety Air Travels Linked to Jeffrey Epstein Allegedly Arrived at or Departed from British Airports
An investigation has found that close to 90 flights connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have landed at and took off from British airports, with some reportedly having onboard British women who allege they were exploited by the found guilty sex offender.
Flight Logs Show Pattern of Travel
The flight logs were part of a trove of court documents and files made public by Epstein’s estate that have been released over the previous twelve months. The investigation identified 87 flights linked to Epstein – featuring many that were not previously known – landing or taking off from British airfields between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Onboard Individuals and Post-Conviction Flights
Unidentified “females” were documented among the travelers flying to and from the UK. Notably, 15 of these UK flights occurred after Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a underage person.
“This is ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his operations in the country,” remarked American attorneys representing numerous Epstein victims.
UK Survivors and Court Cases
A statement from one of the British victims helped convict Epstein’s associate 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 Florida-based lawyer.
In a response, the Metropolitan police said they had “not received any further evidence that would support restarting the inquiry.” They noted, “If fresh and pertinent information be brought to our attention, encompassing any arising from the disclosure of material in the US, we will assess it.”
Ongoing Document Release and Judicial Decisions
A bill to make public all files 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 anticipated to be made public.
Separately, a US judge ruled last week that the DOJ could make public case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the allegations.