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A review has identified that nearly 90 flights linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein reportedly touched down at and left UK airfields, with some reportedly transporting women from the UK who assert they were abused by the convicted sex offender.

Flight Logs Show Trail of Travel

The flight logs were among thousands of legal papers and papers released by Epstein’s estate that have been released over the previous twelve months. The investigation uncovered 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 Flights

Unnamed female passengers were documented among the passengers entering and exiting the UK. Crucially, 15 of these UK flights took place following Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a underage person.

“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his activities in the country,” stated US lawyers representing numerous Epstein survivors.

UK Survivors and Legal Proceedings

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

In a statement, the the Met said they had “not received any further evidence that would support restarting the investigation.” They noted, “Should fresh and pertinent information be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of material in the US, we will review it.”

Ongoing Document Release and Legal Rulings

Proposed legislation to release every document held by the US government in regarding Epstein was approved by the House and Senate last month. The US justice department has until 19 December to follow through. Hundreds of thousands of files are expected to be made public.

In a related development, a federal judge ordered last week that the DOJ could disclose investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the allegations.