Flight logs reveal three alleged Epstein victims were onboard some of the flights, which a lawyer said arrived at airports easier for the sex offender to get in and out of the UK with trafficked women
Almost 90 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein flew in or out of UK airports – some with alleged British abuse victims, it is claimed.
Three British women who accuse the dead paedophile of trafficking them for sex appear in his flight logs and other documents related to the disgraced financier, BBC analysis found.
The flight records were among thousands of court documents and papers released by Epstein’s estate that have been made public over the past year and reveal more about his time in the UK, such as trips to royal residences.
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.
Unidentified “females” were listed among the passengers travelling into and out of the UK in the logs and 15 of the UK flights took place after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a minor, the BBC reported.
The analysis shows Epstein used commercial and chartered flights – as well as his private planes – to travel to the UK and to arrange transport for others, including alleged trafficking victims.
More than 50 of the flights involved his private jets, mostly flying to and from Luton Airport, with several flights at Birmingham International Airport, It also included one arrival and departure each at RAF Marham in west Norfolk and at Edinburgh Airport.
US lawyer Sigrid McCawley said: “He’s absolutely choosing airports where he feels it will be easier for him to get in and out with victims that he’s trafficking.”
Epstein died in jail in 2019 as he awaited trial for trafficking minors for sex, but legal experts say a UK investigation could reveal whether British-based people enabled his crimes.
Testimony from one of the British victims helped convict Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell of child sex-trafficking in the US in 2021. But the victim has never been contacted by UK police, her Florida-based lawyer Brad Edwards revealed to the broadcaster.
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.
The BBC said it sent a cache of publicly available information about the UK flights with suspected trafficking victims on board and asked a list of questions about whether it would probe evidence of British victims of Epstein trafficked in and out of the country.
The Metropolitan police said it had “not received any additional evidence that would support reopening the investigation”. It added: “Should new and relevant information be brought to our attention, we will assess it.”
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 released hundreds of thousands of documents.
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