A review has uncovered that nearly 90 flights connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly touched down at and left British airfields, with some allegedly having onboard women from the UK who assert they were victimized by the found guilty child sex offender.
The travel manifests were among a trove of court documents and files made public by Epsteinās estate that have been disclosed over the previous twelve months. The analysis uncovered 87 aircraft movements tied to Epstein ā featuring many that were hitherto undisclosed ā coming into or leaving from UK airports between the start of the 1990s and 2018.
Unnamed female passengers were documented among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK. Notably, 15 of these UK flights took place subsequent to Epsteinās 2008 conviction for procuring prostitution from a underage person.
āThis is āshockingā that there had never been a āfull-scale UK investigationā into his activities in the country,ā stated American attorneys acting for numerous Epstein survivors.
A statement from one of the British victims aided the conviction of Epsteinās accomplice socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. But, that individual has not been approached by UK authorities, as stated by her attorney based in Florida.
In a statement, the London's Metropolitan Police stated they had ānot been provided with any further information that would support restarting the probe.ā They commented, āShould new and relevant information be brought to our attention, including any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will review it.ā
Proposed legislation to release all files held by the American government in concerning 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 documents are projected to be made public.
Additionally, a federal judge decided last week that the department could make public investigative materials from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epsteinās close friend, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence over the allegations.
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