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A review has found that approximately 90 aircraft journeys associated to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are said to have touched down at and left British airports, with some allegedly having onboard British women who claim they were abused by the found guilty child sex offender.

Aviation Records Reveal Pattern of Movement

The travel manifests were among thousands of legal papers and files made public by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that have been disclosed over the last year. The investigation found 87 flights connected to Epstein – encompassing many that were hitherto undisclosed – arriving or departing from British airfields between the early 1990s and 2018.

Onboard Individuals and After Guilty Verdict Flights

Unnamed female passengers were recorded among the individuals flying to and from the UK. Crucially, 15 of these British airport journeys took place subsequent to Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring prostitution from a minor.

“It was ‘astonishing’ that there had never been a ‘full-scale UK investigation’ into his dealings in the country,” stated US lawyers acting for numerous Epstein survivors.

UK Survivors and Court Cases

A statement from one of the UK-based survivors helped convict Epstein’s associate socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking of minors in the US in 2021. However, that victim has never been contacted by UK authorities, according to her attorney based in Florida.

In a statement, the London's Metropolitan Police said they had “not been provided with any new information that would support restarting the probe.” They commented, “Should new and relevant evidence be brought to our attention, encompassing any arising from the disclosure of documents in the US, we will evaluate it.”

Ongoing Document Release and Judicial Decisions

Proposed legislation to disclose all files held by the US government in concerning Epstein was approved by the US Congress last month. The Department of Justice has until 19 December to adhere to this requirement. A vast number of documents are projected to be released.

Separately, a federal judge ruled last week that the department could publicly release case files from a sex-trafficking case against Maxwell, Epstein’s close friend, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence over the allegations.