Overview
- Defence Secretary John Healey directed officials to search more than 20 years of Ministry of Defence files and provide any Epstein‑linked RAF landing records to police, with the MoD saying it will support civilian investigations.
- Officials are expected to examine retained MoD emails for booking evidence because RAF operational flight logs are routinely deleted after three months.
- At least six police forces are assessing whether women were trafficked on Epstein‑linked flights into UK commercial airports and RAF bases, with Essex Police reviewing private flights at Stansted and other constabularies examining Luton, Heathrow and additional sites.
- Documents reviewed from the Epstein files indicate more than 60 private jet journeys to and from Britain and commercial travel arranged through the UK as late as June 2019, including a Heathrow–New York round trip for an unnamed Russian woman from 1–9 June 2019.
- Evidence cited in reports includes a 2015 fuel receipt pointing to a landing at RAF Northolt and references to flights into RAF Marham; private jets can use RAF airfields by prior arrangement for a fee, while separate probes continue following the recent arrests and bail of Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor and Peter Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office.