An investigation has found that close to 90 flights linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein reportedly arrived at and departed from UK airports, with some reportedly transporting women from the UK who assert they were victimized by the found guilty child sex offender.
The flight logs were among thousands of court documents and papers released by Epsteinâs estate that have been released over the past year. The analysis uncovered 87 aircraft movements tied to Epstein â featuring many that were not previously known â landing or taking off from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018.
Unidentified women were documented among the individuals travelling into and out of the UK. Significantly, 15 of these flights involving the UK took place subsequent to Epsteinâs 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a minor.
âThis is âshockingâ that there had never been a âfull-scale UK investigationâ into his operations in the country,â remarked American attorneys acting for numerous Epstein survivors.
Testimony from one of the British victims aided the conviction of Epsteinâs accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. However, that survivor has never been contacted by British law enforcement, according to her attorney based in Florida.
In a response, the the Met indicated they had ânot received any new information that would support restarting the inquiry.â They commented, âShould fresh and pertinent evidence be presented to us, encompassing any arising from the release of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.â
A bill to make public every document held by the US government in relation to Epstein was approved by the House and Senate last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. A vast number of papers are expected to be made public.
Additionally, a federal judge ordered last week that the DOJ could make public investigative materials from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epsteinâs long-term associate, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
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