Nearly Ninety Air Travels Connected to Epstein Reportedly Arrived at or Departed from UK Airfields
Analysis has uncovered that nearly 90 aircraft journeys associated to Jeffrey Epstein are said to have arrived at and departed from British airfields, with some reportedly transporting women from the UK who claim they were abused by the convicted child sex offender.
Flight Logs Show Pattern of Travel
The flight logs were among a trove of legal papers and papers released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been released over the past year. The investigation uncovered 87 aircraft movements tied to Epstein – including many that were previously unknown – arriving or departing from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Onboard Individuals and After Guilty Verdict Flights
Unnamed “females” were documented among the travelers flying to and from the UK. Crucially, 15 of these British airport journeys happened subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a minor.
“This is ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his operations in the country,” said US lawyers acting for numerous Epstein survivors.
UK Survivors and Court Cases
A statement from one of the UK-based survivors aided the conviction of Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. However, that individual has not been approached by UK authorities, according to her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the London's Metropolitan Police indicated they had “not received any further evidence that would support restarting the probe.” They noted, “If new and relevant information be presented to us, encompassing any arising from the disclosure of material in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Continuing Disclosure and Legal Rulings
A bill to make public every document held by the American government in relation to Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. Hundreds of thousands of papers are expected to be released.
Additionally, a federal judge decided last week that the department could disclose evidence from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.
