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A review has found that close to 90 aircraft journeys associated to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have touched down at and left UK airfields, with some reportedly transporting British women who assert they were exploited by the found guilty child sex offender.

Aviation Records Uncover Pattern of Movement

The flight logs were part of thousands of legal papers and files released by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been disclosed over the last year. The investigation found 87 aircraft movements connected to Epstein – including many that were not previously known – coming into or leaving from British airfields between the early 1990s and 2018.

Passenger Details and Post-Conviction Flights

Unnamed “females” were documented among the passengers flying to and from the UK. Significantly, 15 of these UK flights happened subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a underage person.

“This is ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘thorough probe in the UK’ into his activities in the country,” stated American attorneys representing hundreds of Epstein survivors.

British Victims and Court Cases

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

In a response, the Metropolitan police said they had “not received any new evidence that would support restarting the investigation.” They noted, “If new and relevant evidence be brought to our attention, encompassing any resulting from the release of material in the US, we will review it.”

Ongoing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions

Proposed legislation to release all files held by the US government in relation to Epstein passed the House and Senate last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. Hundreds of thousands of files are anticipated to be made public.

Separately, a US judge ruled last week that the department could make public evidence from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the allegations.