At least five victims of the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have been confirmed by the Home Office as victims of human trafficking.
Does the word ‘official’ mean nothing any more?
A group of survivors of abuse by the deceased businessman had called for the Metropolitan police to make trafficking the main focus of its investigation, arguing that Fayed could not have committed his offences without a steady stream of women sent to him by associates.
What offences are those? He’s never been convicted of any, and never will be!
The women were victims of international and domestic trafficking, and one survivor told the Press Association (PA) they were recruited to a false role within Harrods. Two further victims were hired for a legitimate role and then selected from the shop floor for abuse.
’Alleged’ abuse.
Officers are looking into who may have facilitated Fayed’s crimes, in an investigation known as Operation Cornpoppy. Four people have been questioned to date, 21 months after the investigation opened.
One survivor, known as Justine, told PA she felt “shellshocked” when she received the conclusive grounds decision in June that she had been a victim of modern slavery. She added: “But it’s a really significant thing, getting that decision, seeing it in writing that you were a victim of modern slavery and trafficking is very … it’s really shocking to read.”
But very useful for later claiming all the compo going, I’ll bet! And no, Reader, it won’t be just Fayed’s business empire they and their lawyers seek to raid, it’ll be the taxpayer too:
Victims have previously complained of how the Metropolitan police have handled the investigations into Fayed’s abuse. The Independent Office for Police Conduct is examining complaints about the force’s handling of allegations between 2018 and 2024.
The lawyers must be congratulating themselves on the Home Office’s stupidity… if it IS Stupidity and not malice.
3 comments:
Over my head, this one. So was he a baddy, or do they just want our money?
There were no real victims, there were simply a number of young women content to enjoy the benefits of a high-profile, decorous non-job with Harrods or the family, rewarded way beyond their skill-levels with the likes of cars, apartments and expenses, quietly acknowledging at the time that the source of this excessive benevolence would expect some other services in return.
There is a name for women who happily accept that deal, it's not 'victim'.
Jimmy Saville was never convicted of a crime and he, also, never will be. That didn't stop the vultures coming out of the woodwork* did it?
* Excuse the mixed metaphor.
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