An investigation has uncovered that close to 90 flights connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have touched down at and left British airfields, with some allegedly carrying British women who assert they were victimized by the convicted child sex offender.
The travel manifests were part of a trove of court documents and papers made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been made public over the previous twelve months. The analysis found 87 aircraft movements linked to Epstein – including many that were previously unknown – coming into or leaving from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Unnamed women were recorded among the travelers travelling into and out of the UK. Crucially, 15 of these UK flights happened subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring prostitution from a child.
“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘thorough probe in the UK’ into his dealings in the country,” stated US lawyers acting for hundreds of Epstein victims.
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. But, that victim has not been approached by UK authorities, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the Metropolitan police indicated they had “not been provided with any further information that would support reopening the probe.” They noted, “If fresh and pertinent information be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”
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 documents are expected to be released.
Additionally, a federal judge ruled last week that the department could make public investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.
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