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Analysis has found that nearly 90 flights linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein reportedly landed at and took off from British airports, with some reportedly having onboard British women who allege they were abused by the convicted child sex offender.

Aviation Records Show Pattern of Movement

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

Passenger Details and After Guilty Verdict Flights

Unidentified women were documented among the passengers flying to and from the UK. Notably, 15 of these flights involving the UK occurred subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 guilty verdict for soliciting sex from a child.

“It was ‘appalling’ that there had never been a ‘comprehensive British inquiry’ into his operations in the country,” said US lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein survivors.

British Victims and Court Cases

A statement from one of the UK-based survivors aided the conviction of Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. However, that survivor has not received any contact by police in the UK, according to her attorney based in Florida.

In a response, the Metropolitan police indicated they had “not been provided with any additional information that would support restarting the probe.” They added, “Should fresh and pertinent evidence be presented to us, including any resulting from the release of documents in the US, we will assess it.”

Ongoing Disclosure and Judicial Decisions

Proposed legislation to make public all files held by the American government in relation to 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 anticipated to be released.

In a related development, a federal judge ruled last week that the DOJ could publicly release evidence from a trafficking prosecution against Maxwell, Epstein’s long-term associate, who is serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.