PARIS (France), Nov 11 — French police have searched two Paris properties linked to Mohamed Al-Fayed, the Ritz and Villa Windsor, as part of an investigation into an alleged international network trafficking women for the late billionaire, prosecutors told AFP today.
The operations in mid-October at the swanky hotel and the onetime residence of the former king of England represent a development in a probe launched in 2025 to track down accomplices of Fayed and his brother, Salah Al-Fayed.
The Paris prosecutor’s office told AFP individuals had been held for questioning in the investigation and authorities were analysing computers, phones and other digital media.
Along with the searches and evidence-gathering operations at the emblematic Paris addresses, authorities also investigated Mohamed Al-Fayed’s former property on the French Riviera, the Castel Sainte-Therese in Saint-Tropez.
