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An investigation has found that nearly 90 aircraft journeys linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have landed at and took off from British airfields, with some reportedly transporting women from the UK who assert they were exploited by the convicted sex offender.

Flight Logs Reveal Trail of Movement

The flight logs were among thousands of legal papers and files made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been made public over the last year. The review identified 87 flights tied to Epstein – featuring many that were not previously known – coming into or leaving from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018.

Passenger Details and After Guilty Verdict Travel

Unnamed “females” were recorded among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK. Crucially, 15 of these flights involving the UK took place following Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a minor.

“It was ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his activities in the country,” remarked American attorneys representing hundreds of Epstein survivors.

UK Survivors and Court Cases

Testimony from one of the UK-based survivors helped convict Epstein’s accomplice socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. But, that victim has never been contacted by police in the UK, according to her attorney based in Florida.

In a response, the London's Metropolitan Police stated they had “not been provided with any further information that would support reopening the inquiry.” They added, “Should new and relevant evidence be presented to us, encompassing any arising from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”

Ongoing Document Release and Judicial Decisions

Proposed legislation to release every document held by the American government in concerning Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to follow through. A vast number of files are projected to be released.

Separately, a federal judge decided last week that the DOJ could disclose investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the allegations.