Expanding Al Fayed Probe: Trafficking Allegations

0:00On March 4th, a former top metropolitan police officer is urging authorities to expand their probe into the late-haired's owner, Mohamed Al-Fayeds, alleged rapes and sexual abuses to include human trafficking. The ongoing operation corn poppy is already looking in more than five people who might have helped enable his actions against hundreds of women, and girls with 146 reports so far. Lawyers from Lidey have ridden to the police on behalf of at least 15 women, arguing the current scope is too narrow and Mrs. Key. Investigative tools. They say treating it as trafficking would better target those who facilitated the abuse, even for cases before the modern slavery act started in 2015. Victims have shared harrowing stories of passports being taken, fake job offers leading to private jet trips for exploitation and a network they call. A Trafficking Setup. One woman says she fears speaking out without stronger institutional support, while another

1:00feels ignored by the UK probe after better treatment from. French police. France is now investigating potential aggravated human trafficking linked to al-Fayed with multiple victims. The ex-head of the Met's anti-trafficking unit agrees this lens would widen evidence gathering beyond just survivor accounts, helping corroborate claims. The Metropolitan police insists their work continues with a victim-centered approach, focusing on suspects and enablers and they've noted one, Herod's, employee left. They're asking anyone with details to come forward as the investigation presses on.