PARIS, Nov 11 — French police have advanced an investigation into a vast alleged international network trafficking women for Mohamed Al-Fayed, prosecutors told AFP yesterday, searching luxury properties linked to the late billionaire, including the Ritz hotel.
The Paris prosecutor’s office said authorities had searched the famed five-star Paris hotel, the former royal residence Villa Windsor and the Castel Sainte-Therese in Saint-Tropez, one of the most exclusive villas on the French Riviera.
Prosecutors said individuals had been held for questioning and authorities were analysing computers, phones and other digital media in operations that represent a development in a probe launched in 2025 to track down accomplices of Fayed and his late brother, Salah Al-Fayed.
