Police search the Ritz in Paris in trafficking probe linked to Al-Fayed
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SeneNews
French police searched the Ritz, the Villa Windsor and the Castel Sainte-Thérèse in Saint-Tropez as part of an investigation into an alleged network trafficking women linked to the late Mohamed Al-Fayed. According to AFP, citing the Paris prosecutor’s office, these operations mark an important step in the investigation opened in summer 2025 to identify possible accomplices.
Police carried out searches and inspections at the Ritz, place Vendôme, and at the Villa Windsor in Paris, as well as at the Castel Sainte-Thérèse in Saint-Tropez, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office cited by AFP. These addresses are linked to Mohamed Al-Fayed, an Egyptian billionaire who died in 2023, as part of the French investigation into an alleged trafficking network of women that is said to have benefited him.
Police custody measures have also been carried out, and the examination of the computers, phones and other seized digital media is to continue. The investigation, launched in summer 2025, aims to identify possible accomplices of Mohamed Al-Fayed and his brother Salah. Two sites cited by victims as the locations of alleged assaults are among those searched.
