Nearly 90 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein reportedly arrived at and departed from UK airports, some with British women onboard who allege they were abused by the convicted child sex offender.
Analysis by the BBC found three British women who were allegedly trafficked appear in Epstein’s records of flights in and out of the UK and other documents related to the late disgraced billionaire.
The flight logs were among thousands of court documents and papers released by Epstein’s estate that have been made public over the past year.
The BBC said it had uncovered 87 flights linked to Epstein – including many that were previously unknown – arriving or departing from UK airports between the early 1990s and 2018.
The broadcaster said unidentified “females” were listed among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK, while 15 of the UK flights took place after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a minor.
US lawyers representing hundreds of Epstein victims told the BBC it was “shocking” that there had never been a “full-scale UK investigation” into his activities in the country.
Testimony from one of the British victims helped convict Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021, the BBC said. But the victim has never been contacted by police in the UK, her Florida-based lawyer, Brad Edwards, told the BBC.
In a statement to the broadcaster, the Metropolitan police said they had “not received any additional evidence that would support reopening the investigation”.
“Should new and relevant information be brought to our attention”, including any resulting from the release of material in the US, “we will assess it”, the Met said.
A bill to release all files held by the government in relation to Epstein passed the House and Senate last month despite strong opposition from Donald Trump. The US justice department has until 19 December to comply. Hundreds of thousands of documents are expected to be released.
A federal judge also ruled last week that the department could publicly release investigative materials from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime confidante, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the charges.
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