THE EVIL FREQUENT FLYER
Jeffrey Epstein used luxury travel to obfuscate his crimes
Here’s a travel horror story you won’t find in the travel magazines.
A (sort of attractive) man with a private island, multiple passports, and a jet full of girls not old enough to drive somehow convinced half the world’s elite to treat him like an ambassador of science and philanthropy. All while operating a global trafficking ring.
You know that name, it’s Jeffrey Epstein. And if you’re paying attention, you know his crimes were horrifying. What you may not realize is how much of it happened under the polite cover of travel.
This wasn’t just a monster. He was a frequent flyer. A true VIP of evil.
New York to Palm Beach—the jet-set route for anyone who wanted proximity to money, power, and casual exploitation. Palm Beach to Zorro Ranch—where guests were encouraged to “linger.” As in: linger around young girls recruited under false pretenses. Zorro to Paris to the Virgin Islands—because why settle for one government turning a blind eye when you can involve three?
His “Lolita Express” — yes, that’s what people called it — was like if Delta merged with hell.
Epstein’s private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands looked like a resort, operated like a fortress, and functioned like a temple of abuse. Guests included billionaires, scientists, princes, and yes, former presidents and future ones. Women and girls — some as young as 14 — were trafficked there with the efficiency of a luxury logistics operation. It was all first-class horror in private-jet wrapping.
And it wasn’t just the jets and islands. Travel itself was part of the weapon. He used visas as bait. “Scholarships” as grooming tools. Trips to Paris, London, and New Mexico as grooming pipelines. If the girl was vulnerable, Epstein had a “trip” that could fix her life — and ruin it. He weaponized wanderlust. He turned the very thing that’s supposed to expand our horizons into a cage. And everyone around him played along, because the perks were lavish and the accountability was nil.
And let’s talk about passports. This man had multiple — not just U.S. ones. He had Saudi papers. Austrian documents. A fake name and a real photo. His frequent crossings weren’t questioned because people like him don’t get questioned. Customs waves them through. Hotel concierges call them “sir.” Pilots keep their mouths shut.
Travel was the perfect crime scene: transient, borderless, private, rich. No one looks too closely at the man in first class, especially not when he’s footing the bill and bringing the party. As I have seen myself as I venture around the planet.
Now, with new documents unsealed, victims still waiting for justice, and clear signs of political rot, what’s the Trump team doing? They’re busy pointing fingers at the Clintons, yelling about conspiracies, and acting like Trump’s own ties to Epstein are some kind of clerical error.
Reminder: Trump partied with Epstein in the ’90s. He once said Epstein “likes beautiful women… on the younger side.” Accusers have linked Trump to abuse in Epstein’s circles — accusations that mysteriously vanished from court dockets.
But sure. Let’s talk about Hunter Biden’s laptop again. Or Hillary’s emails. Or Washington D.C.’s “out of control crime” — the reality is crime in the nation’s capital has dropped tremendously in the last two years — anything except the actual women who were harmed and the elite men who still haven’t been held accountable. Or why the promise to release the Epstein files has been broken. (I think we know the answer.)
This is not just about Epstein. This is about the entire power structure that protected him, visited him, toasted champagne with him, and helped cover up his crimes. It’s about how travel — luxury, secrecy, diplomacy, exclusivity—became his camouflage. It’s about how the Trump campaign, and many in the media, would rather throw distraction grenades than reckon with what this man really was: a trafficker, a rapist, and a grotesque mirror held up to the global elite. A toxic pervert and pedophile feted by some of the world’s most powerful men.
But we owe it to the victims to keep screaming, keep writing, and keep naming names. This I keep hearing over and over and it has made me want to write about this. Loud and clear.
And if anyone ever offers you a trip to a private island with a “visionary investor who supports science,” maybe double check if it’s the actual Gates Foundation, or just another predator with a pilot on retainer.
Footnotes
ABC News. “Records show Jeffrey Epstein requested multiple passports and traveled abroad under different identities.”
Bloomberg. “Epstein’s passport had numerous foreign stamps, prosecutors say.”
The Times (UK). “Epstein client list to be released: ‘It’s a bigger story than the world has ever known.’”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/epstein-client-list-to-be-released-files-xcl267j7k
Vanity Fair. “How Jeffrey Epstein created a network of power through his ‘black book’ and flight logs.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/jeffrey-epstein-black-book-nick-bryant
Wired. “The twisted flight paths of ‘Global Girl’ and the Lolita Express.”
https://www.wired.com/story/global-girl-jeffrey-epstein-and-the-lolita-express
Politico. “Unsealed documents detail alleged recruitment of teenage spa worker at Mar‑a‑Lago for Epstein.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/09/epstein-mar-a-lago-trump-1456221
The Daily Beast. “How Epstein and Maxwell used Trump’s fame to groom a 13‑year‑old girl.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-epstein-and-maxwell-used-trumps-fame-to-groom-13-year-old-girl
The Daily Beast. “Trump admits he was furious at Epstein for ‘stealing’ spa worker Virginia, 17.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admits-he-was-furious-at-epstein-for-stealing-spa-worker-17
AP News. “Ghislaine Maxwell opposes unsealing of grand jury transcripts in Epstein sex‑trafficking case.”
https://apnews.com/article/db60a21b4dfc5e312780759b41ce9eb4
CBS News. “Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys argue against unsealing Epstein grand jury testimony.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-grand-jury-testimony-unsealing/
Reuters. “Epstein partner Maxwell opposes release of grand jury materials, legal filings show.”
The Wall Street Journal. “House Committee subpoenas Jeffrey Epstein records from Justice Department.”
WSJ News. “Fight over Epstein disclosures brings House to standstill.”
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/jeffrey-epstein-files-ghislaine-maxwell-house-recess-efe1de6f
