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An investigation has uncovered that close to 90 aircraft journeys connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly arrived at and departed from British airfields, with some reportedly having onboard women from the UK who claim they were victimized by the convicted child sex offender.

Aviation Records Show Pattern 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 disclosed over the past year. The analysis found 87 flights linked to Epstein – featuring 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

Unnamed female passengers were documented among the passengers flying to and from the UK. Crucially, 15 of these flights involving the UK took place subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring prostitution from a underage person.

“This is ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his activities in the country,” remarked American attorneys acting for hundreds of Epstein victims.

UK Survivors and Court Cases

Testimony from one of the British victims aided the conviction of Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. Yet, that survivor has never been contacted by UK authorities, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.

In a statement, the the Met stated they had “not received any new information that would support restarting the inquiry.” They added, “Should new and relevant evidence be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of material in the US, we will assess it.”

Continuing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions

A bill to make public all files held by the US government in relation to Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to follow through. A vast number of files are expected to be made public.

Additionally, a US judge ordered last week that the department could disclose evidence from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.