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  "id": 67202,
  "title": "Four Mohamed Al-Fayed survivors recognized as victims of human trafficking",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/four-mohamed-al-fayed-survivors-recognized-as-victims-of-human",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T02:28:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
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    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/03/four-mohamed-al-fayed-survivors-recognized-as-victims-of-human-trafficking_6756097_4.html"
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  "summary": "Four women who allege abuse by late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed have been confirmed as victims of human trafficking by the UK's interior ministry. According to RTE News, the women, who use the pseudonyms Isabella, Justine, Elizabeth, and Margo, founded the \"No One Above\" advocacy group. They were referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) by the Unseen UK charity and received \"conclusive grounds\" decisions that they were victims between May and July.\n\nThe women, who worked at Harrods in London or were hired as assistants at Al-Fayed's various businesses, including the Ritz hotel in Paris, reported experiences of international and domestic trafficking dating from the 1990s to after 2010. Le Monde English reports that to date, 157 victims have reported allegations that they were sexually assaulted, raped, or trafficked by Al-Fayed, who died in 2023 at the age of 94 without facing any prosecution.\n\nA fifth woman, Rachael Louw, was also confirmed as a victim of human trafficking, according to the BBC, as reported by Free Malaysia Today.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Four Al-Fayed survivors told they were trafficking victims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/four-al-fayed-survivors-told-they-were-trafficking-victims",
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      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Four Al Fayed survivors recognised as trafficking victims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/four-al-fayed-survivors-recognised-as-trafficking-victims",
        "published": "2026-08-03T02:29:34.000Z"
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