PNN – Notorious American sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein used British bases for his clandestine travels.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, as pressure mounts on the UK Ministry of Defence to provide transparency into the misuse of military facilities, new documents have revealed that at least one private jet linked to notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was using Royal Air Force (RAF) bases as far back as 2013.
According to documents released by the US Department of Justice in the so-called “Epstein Files,” a private jet landed at RAF Northolt, northwest of London, on March 18, 2013, and departed 24 hours later. The significance of the revelation is that the trip came five years after Epstein was convicted in 2008 of sexual exploitation of a minor.
The special sensitivity of the Northolt base
Northolt Air Base is not just a regular military base; it is home to the Royal Air Force, a special unit of the Royal Air Force responsible for transporting senior members of the British royal family.
The base is also regularly used by senior British politicians for official travel, and the presence of a plane linked to a sex offender at such a sensitive security location has sparked a wave of criticism.
Traces of human trafficking on military flights
Another shocking part of the documents refers to a flight in December 2000. The records show that on a short flight from Luton Airport to the Marham military base in Norfolk, in addition to Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, Gillian Maxwell, there was a passenger listed only as “a woman.”
Analysts believe that examining recurring patterns in the Epstein case suggests that these types of vague titles were commonly used to record the movement of young girls trafficked by Epstein for sexual exploitation, bolstering the hypothesis that British military infrastructure was being used to facilitate sex crimes.
Deadlock in document archiving; records that have been destroyed
Despite repeated calls from British MPs for the immediate release of all information, there is one major obstacle to the truth: the “document destruction regulations.”
Royal Air Force officials have revealed that, as a standard practice, “passenger name lists” are destroyed after just three months if they have no security value. Air traffic control logs, which record aircraft fuselage numbers, are also kept for just two years. This has raised serious questions about the MoD’s ability to systematically review Epstein’s old flights.
Political Reactions: “Transparency is Vital”
Tan Deci, the Labour chairman of the House of Commons defence committee, told the Financial Times that the MoD must reveal everything it knows, calling transparency in the case vital. Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge also called for full disclosure of details if there was even the slightest possibility that Epstein had used air bases for personal flights.
In response to these pressures, the British Ministry of Defense has stated that the use of unused capacity at military bases by civilian aircraft is standard practice and is only approved if it does not compromise security or military operations. However, given the scale of Epstein’s crimes, these justifications have failed to convince public opinion and MPs.