26 February 2026 13:07Jeffrey Epstein, a notorious financier and paedophile, repeatedly arranged flights transporting young women from the US to the UK and back, using a British airport as a transit point for human trafficking, according to documents from the “Epstein files” released by the US Department of Justice. Records of bookings, fuel receipts, and flight logs reveal Jeffrey Epstein’s arrivals and departures from the UK prior to his death in a Manhattan jail in 2019, The Times reports. The documents also indicate that the convicted sex trafficker continued to arrange commercial flights for young women either from or via the UK up until June 2019, just a month before his final arrest. These findings emerge as six UK police forces investigate claims of trafficking linked to Epstein’s private jet, nicknamed the “Lolita Express.”Authorities are scrutinising the aircraft’s movements at UK commercial airports as well as Royal Air Force bases, including RAF Northolt. In an interview with The New Statesman, he noted that the released files indicate 90 flights to or from UK airports, including 15 after Epstein’s conviction in 2008.

Source: The Times February 26, 2026 09:59 UTC