Met Police Question 2 More Suspects in Al Fayed Case, Bringing Total to 6
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 31
Met Police Question 2 More Suspects in Al Fayed Case, Bringing Total to 6
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 31
Summary
Two people in their 80s—a woman and a man—were interviewed under caution between Monday and Wednesday over suspected roles in enabling Mohamed Al Fayed’s alleged sexual offending.
The Metropolitan Police said they are suspected of aiding and abetting rape and sexual assault, and assisting the commission of sexual offences; no arrests have been made.
The latest interviews raise the number of suspects questioned to six, after four others were interviewed earlier this year, including over alleged human trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Police say 157 victims have now reported allegations including rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and human trafficking in what the force calls one of its largest and most complex investigations.
Will the police expand their probe into a full trafficking investigation to finally expose these corporate enablers?
Could the ongoing watchdog probe into past police failures derail current efforts to bring these historic enablers to justice?
How did a luxury empire's HR and security teams successfully hide decades of widespread abuse from the public eye?
Operation Cornpoppy Exposes Decades of Abuse: 200+ Survivors, International Trafficking, and the Fight for Institutional Accountability After Al Fayed
Overview
Operation Cornpoppy intensified after a BBC documentary led 90 new victims to come forward, raising the total to 154. Legal pressure from Leigh Day pushed the Metropolitan Police to focus on human trafficking, resulting in formal interviews with new suspects. Survivors like Anne described being recruited and trafficked across borders, with French police launching their own investigation. Despite these efforts, Mohamed Al Fayed died without facing charges, fueling public distrust in the police and prompting survivors to demand independent oversight and government action. Meanwhile, Harrods’ compensation scheme faced criticism, and links to Jeffrey Epstein revealed the global scale of the abuse network.