A BBC investigation has exposed nearly 90 flights tied to Jeffrey Epstein landing at or departing from UK airports from the early 1990s to 2018, carrying British women who claim the sex offender abused them.
Records from public court files and his estate list three allegedly trafficked British survivors on these trips. U.S. lawyers for Epstein’s victims called it “shocking” that Britain never launched a full probe, labelling the UK a “centrepiece” of his operations.
One, known as Kate in Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 U.S. conviction trial, flew over 10 times on Epstein-funded UK routes from 1999-2006; her lawyer Brad Edwards said UK police never contacted her despite her testimony of abuse starting at age 17 in Maxwell’s London home.
Edwards represents “three or four” British clients abused here by Epstein and others, plus more recruited or trafficked across the Atlantic.
The 87 flights—many previously unknown—included unnamed “females” and 15 post-2008 conviction, evading strict checks via private jets at Luton, Birmingham, and elsewhere; a reporting loophole persisted until last April. Sigrid McCawley urged authorities to have “not taken a closer look at those flights… and conducted a full investigation.”
The Met Police, sent flight details two months ago, stated it had “not received any additional evidence” to reopen probes, but will assess if “new and relevant information be brought to our attention.” Experts say a UK inquiry could reveal local enablers, as Professor Bridgette Carr noted that “it’s never just one bad person.”