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An investigation has found that close to 90 aircraft journeys connected to Jeffrey Epstein are said to have touched down at and left UK airports, with some reportedly transporting British women who claim they were abused by the convicted child sex offender.

Aviation Records Show Pattern of Movement

The flight logs were among a trove of legal papers and files made public by Epstein’s estate that have been released over the last year. The analysis uncovered 87 flights linked to Epstein – encompassing many that were not previously known – landing or taking off from British airfields between the start of the 1990s and 2018.

Onboard Individuals and Post-Conviction Flights

Unnamed women were listed among the passengers flying to and from the UK. Crucially, 15 of these flights involving the UK occurred following Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a child.

“It was ‘shocking’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his activities in the country,” said American attorneys acting for numerous Epstein victims.

UK Survivors and Court Cases

Evidence from one of the British victims was instrumental in convicting Epstein’s accomplice socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. But, that survivor has not received any contact by British law enforcement, according to her Florida-based lawyer.

In a statement, the the Met indicated they had “not received any additional evidence that would support reopening the inquiry.” They commented, “Should new and relevant information be presented to us, encompassing any resulting from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will review it.”

Ongoing Document Release and Judicial Decisions

Proposed legislation to release all files held by the American government in regarding Epstein passed the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to comply. A vast number of papers are expected to be made public.

Additionally, a federal judge decided last week that the department could disclose case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is currently serving a 20-year jail term over the charges.