He is suspected of slavery over his servants. A member of the Saudi royal family is targeted by an investigation for human trafficking opened in 2019 by the Nanterre prosecutor’s office, as reported by our colleagues from the Parisian.
Seven of the employees of this Saudi prince, born between 1970 and 1983, most of Filipino origin, lodged a complaint in October 2019 for modern slavery, confirmed the Nanterre prosecutor’s office, specifying that an older complaint was attached to the procedure.
“Available to their employer day and night all week”
The facts go back several years, around 2008, 2013 and 2015 in an apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the Hauts-de-Seine. The complainants were heard “a few weeks ago”, according to a source close to the investigation specifying that the prince had not yet been heard by investigators because he is not present on French territory.
The servants, recruited in Saudi Arabia, and who followed the prince and his family to the two countries, allegedly escaped during a trip to France. According to The Parisian, these women, responsible mainly for looking after the four children of the princely couple, were “at the disposal of their employer day and night all week”, some sleeping “on the floor”. They did not have elsewhere “not the right to speak to their boss” and had to “bow their heads when he passes”.
The investigation is being carried out by the Neuilly-sur-Seine police station and by the department for the fight against organized crime linked to irregular immigration.
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