Multiple British police forces are reviewing the records of the convicted sex offender’s private jet, nicknamed the “Lolita Express,” amid concerns he may have trafficked women through U.K. airports.
Bedfordshire Police told TIME it “is examining materials published as part of the DOJ Disclosures Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, related to private flights in and out of London Luton Airport.”
A spokesperson for Essex Police confirmed similar probes were ongoing, telling TIME: “We are evaluating the information that has emerged regarding private flights into and out of [London] Stansted Airport.”
Emails released in the most recent batch of files show Epstein traveling to and from [location] in 2012.
In one email chain titled “[subject],” which references Stansted, a sender—whose name has been redacted—tells Epstein: “If you come via private jet, I’ll need photocopies of your passport and U.S. visa emailed to me; I’ll forward them to U.K. immigration… once the Boeing is
ready to depart, she will be escorted to the aircraft.”
Another [message] sent to Epstein references a flight to Luton Airport in 2018.
Highlighting coordinated efforts among authorities, the West Midlands Police force is also looking into private flights in and out of Birmingham Airport following the publication of the Epstein files, a spokesperson told TIME.
A spokesperson from Police Scotland confirmed that while it has “not received any report or complaint in relation” to Epstein’s jet using Edinburgh Airport, it would be “keen to speak to anyone with information.”
Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has expressed deep concern over Epstein’s frequent travel in and out of the U.K.
“How the flights were allowed to continue should have been fully investigated,” he wrote in an op-ed for [publication] last week. “The evidence suggests some in the U.K. were complicit in trafficking. This demands a full inquiry.”
He did not specify who may have been “complicit.”
Appearing in the Epstein files is not an indication of wrongdoing, nor is being listed on the flight logs.
Speaking before news of [individual] being arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office on Thursday morning, Brown said he had been “told privately that the investigations related to the former Prince Andrew did not properly check vital evidence of flights.” He claimed “at least one” of Epstein’s messages about private flights to the U.K. was linked to Andrew. “I have asked the police to look at this as part of the new inquiry,” he said.
TIME has contacted the relevant authorities for further information.
Separate from Andrew, Brown highlighted emails sent to and from Epstein concerning “the logistics of registering trafficked girls for [purpose], as a route to obtaining [status].” He argued: “We need to know if and to what extent this was also happening in the U.K.”
Additionally, Surrey Police announced on Wednesday that, following a batch of Epstein files released in December, it had become aware of “a redacted report alleging non-recent human trafficking and sexual assaults on a minor in Virginia Water, Surrey, between 1994-1996.” The force is urging “anyone with information in relation to these allegations” to make contact.
Another investigation is currently underway regarding [individual], the former U.K. ambassador to the U.S., for alleged misconduct in public office offences.
In one resurfaced [document], Mandelson appeared to tell Epstein he would lobby other government officials to reduce a tax on bankers’ bonuses. In [another document], he appeared to have forwarded an internal government report to Epstein which showed ways the U.K. might raise funds after the 2008 financial crisis. He has not been charged.