Analysis has uncovered that nearly 90 flights linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have touched down at and left British airports, with some reportedly having onboard women from the UK who allege they were victimized by the found guilty child sex offender.
The flight logs were among thousands of court documents and files released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been released over the past year. The review uncovered 87 flights linked to Epstein â encompassing many that were previously unknown â landing or taking off from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Unnamed women were recorded among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK. Notably, 15 of these British airport journeys happened after Epsteinâs 2008 guilty verdict for procuring prostitution from a child.
âIt was âshockingâ that there had never been a âfull-scale UK investigationâ into his dealings in the country,â remarked US lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein victims.
A statement from one of the UK-based survivors helped convict Epsteinâs associate Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. However, that survivor has never been contacted by UK authorities, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a response, the the Met indicated they had ânot been provided with any additional information that would support reopening the investigation.â They added, âIf fresh and pertinent evidence be brought to our attention, encompassing any arising from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.â
Proposed legislation to disclose all files held by the US government in relation to Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. Hundreds of thousands of files are projected to be made public.
Separately, a US judge decided last week that the department could make public evidence from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epsteinâs longtime confidante, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.
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