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A review has found that close to 90 flights linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have arrived at and departed from British airfields, with some reportedly carrying women from the UK who allege they were abused by the found guilty sex offender.

Flight Logs Uncover Trail of Movement

The travel manifests were part of thousands of legal papers and papers made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been released over the past year. The investigation uncovered 87 flights tied to Epstein – encompassing many that were not previously known – landing or taking off from British airfields between the early 1990s and 2018.

Onboard Individuals and After Guilty Verdict Travel

Unidentified women were documented among the individuals flying to and from the UK. Significantly, 15 of these flights involving the UK took place after Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a minor.

“This is ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his activities in the country,” remarked US lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein victims.

British Victims and Court Cases

Evidence from one of the British victims was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. But, that survivor has not been approached by police in the UK, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.

In a statement, the London's Metropolitan Police stated they had “not been provided with any new information that would support restarting the inquiry.” They commented, “Should new and relevant information be brought to our attention, encompassing any resulting from the release of material in the US, we will evaluate it.”

Continuing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions

A bill to make public 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 comply. Hundreds of thousands of documents are expected to be made public.

Separately, a US judge ordered 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 allegations.