A review has uncovered that close to 90 flights linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly arrived at and departed from UK airports, with some allegedly carrying British women who allege they were abused by the convicted child sex offender.
These aviation records were part of thousands of legal papers and files released by Epstein’s estate that have been made public over the last year. The review found 87 flights linked 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 female passengers were documented among the individuals entering and exiting the UK. Notably, 15 of these flights involving the UK occurred after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring prostitution from a child.
“This is ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘thorough probe in the UK’ into his operations in the country,” stated American attorneys representing hundreds of Epstein victims.
Testimony from one of the British victims helped convict Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. Yet, that individual has never been contacted by police in the UK, according to her Florida-based lawyer.
In a statement, the the Met stated they had “not received any additional evidence that would support restarting the investigation.” They added, “If new and relevant evidence be presented to us, encompassing any arising from the release of documents in the US, we will assess it.”
A bill to make public every document held by the US government in regarding Epstein was approved by the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to comply. Hundreds of thousands of papers are expected to be released.
Additionally, a federal judge decided last week that the DOJ could make public case files from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.
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