A review has identified that close to 90 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein allegedly arrived at and departed from UK airports, with some reportedly carrying women from the UK who assert they were victimized by the convicted child sex offender.
These aviation records were part of thousands of court documents and papers made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been released over the previous twelve months. The analysis found 87 aircraft movements linked to Epstein – including many that were hitherto undisclosed – arriving or departing from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Unidentified female passengers were listed among the individuals flying to and from the UK. Notably, 15 of these UK flights happened after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a underage person.
“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his activities in the country,” said American attorneys acting for numerous Epstein survivors.
Testimony from one of the British victims helped convict Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. However, that individual has not been approached by British law enforcement, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the Metropolitan police said they had “not received any further information that would support reopening the investigation.” They added, “Should fresh and pertinent evidence be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of material in the US, we will assess it.”
A bill to release all files held by the US government in regarding Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to comply. Hundreds of thousands of papers are projected to be released.
In a related development, a US judge decided last week that the department could disclose evidence from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
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