Analysis has found that approximately 90 flights connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly landed at and took off from UK airfields, with some allegedly transporting women from the UK who allege they were exploited by the found guilty sex offender.
The travel manifests were among thousands of legal papers and files made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been made public over the past year. The investigation identified 87 flights tied to Epstein – featuring many that were not previously known – arriving or departing from British airfields between the early 1990s and 2018.
Unidentified women were documented among the travelers entering and exiting the UK. Significantly, 15 of these UK flights occurred after Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a child.
“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his operations in the country,” remarked American attorneys representing numerous Epstein survivors.
A statement from one of the UK-based survivors was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. However, that individual has not received any contact by British law enforcement, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the Metropolitan police indicated they had “not received any further evidence that would support reopening the probe.” They added, “Should new and relevant evidence be brought to our attention, including any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”
Proposed legislation to release every document held by the American government in relation to Epstein was approved by the House and Senate last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to comply. Hundreds of thousands of files are anticipated to be made public.
Additionally, a federal judge ordered last week that the department could disclose investigative materials from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the allegations.
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