Nearly Ninety Air Travels Associated to Epstein Reportedly Arrived at or Departed from British Airfields
Analysis has identified that close to 90 aircraft journeys connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have landed at and took off from British airports, with some reportedly transporting women from the UK who assert they were victimized by the convicted child sex offender.
Aviation Records Reveal Pattern of Travel
The travel manifests were part of a trove of legal papers and papers released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been disclosed over the last year. The investigation identified 87 flights linked to Epstein – encompassing many that were hitherto undisclosed – arriving or departing from British airfields between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Passenger Details and After Guilty Verdict Flights
Unidentified “females” were recorded among the travelers flying to and from the UK. Notably, 15 of these UK flights took place subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a minor.
“This is ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his dealings in the country,” said American attorneys acting for numerous Epstein victims.
British Victims and Legal Proceedings
Evidence from one of the British victims helped convict Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. However, that victim has never been contacted by police in the UK, according to her attorney based in Florida.
In a response, the the Met said they had “not received any further evidence that would support restarting the probe.” They commented, “If fresh and pertinent evidence be presented to us, including any arising from the release of documents in the US, we will assess it.”
Ongoing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions
Proposed legislation to make public all files held by the American government in regarding Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. A vast number of papers are anticipated to be released.
Separately, a US judge decided last week that the DOJ could make public investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
