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In France, women accusing Al-Fayed seek answers over trafficking claims

Mohamed Al-Fayed, who died in September 2023, is accused by at least 37 women of rape and sexual assault. © AP - Kamil Zihnioglu

Paris (AFP) – Mohamed Al-Fayed traded on the glamour of owning Harrods, the Paris Ritz and luxury yachts, but he and his brother were also at the centre of a dark web of alleged abuse, say French lawyers for women who liken him to US sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

French authorities began investigating the late Egyptian businessman and his brother Salah last year amid allegations of a vast system of sex trafficking and abuse on French soil.

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