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A review has found that close to 90 flights connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have landed at and took off from British airfields, with some allegedly transporting women from the UK who assert they were exploited by the convicted sex offender.

Aviation Records Show Trail of Travel

These aviation records 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 review identified 87 aircraft movements tied to Epstein – featuring many that were hitherto undisclosed – landing or taking off from British airfields between the start of the 1990s and 2018.

Onboard Individuals and After Guilty Verdict Travel

Unnamed “females” were listed among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK. Significantly, 15 of these flights involving the UK occurred after Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a underage person.

“This is ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his operations in the country,” stated US lawyers representing numerous Epstein survivors.

British Victims and Court Cases

Evidence from one of the UK-based survivors helped convict Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. However, that survivor has not received any contact by UK authorities, according to her Florida-based lawyer.

In a statement, the London's Metropolitan Police indicated they had “not received any further evidence that would support reopening the investigation.” They added, “If new and relevant information be presented to us, including any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”

Continuing Document Release and Legal Rulings

Proposed legislation to disclose every document held by the American government in concerning Epstein was approved by the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. A vast number of papers are expected to be made public.

Separately, a US judge ruled last week that the DOJ could publicly release case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.