Analysis has uncovered that approximately 90 flights connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein reportedly landed at and took off from British airports, with some allegedly transporting women from the UK who assert they were exploited by the convicted child sex offender.
These aviation records were part of thousands of legal papers and files made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been disclosed over the previous twelve months. The analysis uncovered 87 flights tied to Epstein â featuring many that were hitherto undisclosed â coming into or leaving from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018.
Unidentified women were documented among the individuals flying to and from the UK. Crucially, 15 of these British airport journeys occurred after Epsteinâs 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a underage person.
âIt was âastonishingâ that there had never been a âthorough probe in the UKâ into his activities in the country,â said US lawyers representing numerous Epstein survivors.
Testimony from one of the UK-based survivors helped convict Epsteinâs associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. But, that survivor has not been approached by UK authorities, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the Metropolitan police said they had ânot been provided with any additional information that would support reopening the probe.â They commented, âShould fresh and pertinent information be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.â
A bill to disclose all files held by the US government in relation to Epstein was approved by the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. Hundreds of thousands of papers are projected to be released.
In a related development, a federal judge decided last week that the department could publicly release evidence from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epsteinâs close friend, who is serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.