UK’s billionaire Hinduja family faces trial in Geneva for trafficking, exploiting domestic workers
Prosecutors accused them of confiscating the passports of their Indian staff members and paying them low wages, while spending more on the family dog.
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The United Kingdom’s richest family, the Hindujas, is on trial in Switzerland for human trafficking and exploitation of their Indian staff in Geneva, reported the BBC.
The trial began in Geneva on Monday against four members of the family –Prakash and Kamal Hinduja, their son Ajay and his wife Namrata. The Hindujas own a business conglomerate that comprises companies working in sectors such as automotives, oil, banking and finance, and real estate.
The family owns a villa in the Swiss city of Geneva. The case against them in Switzerland pertains to them bringing in domestic workers from India to look after their children and the house.
The prosecutors alleged that the Hindujas confiscated the passports of the domestic workers, and did not allow them to leave the house without permission, reported Bloomberg.
The salaries of the workers were paid in India, because of which they had no Swiss francs to spend, prosecutor Yves Bertossa alleged.
“They spent more for one dog than one of their servants,” the prosecutor, according to Bloomberg. He told the court that an Indian domestic worker at Hinduja household was paid at one point as little as 7 Swiss francs (Rs 660) for a working day that lasted as long as 18 hours.
He then showed a budget document titled “Pets” to show that...
