Published on June 10, 2024 at 6:50 p.m. / Modified on June 10, 2024 at 9:53 p.m.
Let’s go. After having escaped numerous sabotage attempts, the trial of the very rich Hinduja family, accused of having intensively practiced domestic slavery in their villa in Cologny, can finally begin before the Geneva Criminal Court. With a little twist of theater that was quickly aborted. Defense and plaintiffs have announced that they want to finalize discussions with a view to a financial agreement. A suspension and three hours of discussion later, it’s no. For now at least. Human trafficking and professional usury being offenses prosecuted automatically, such an arrangement would not have changed the situation in any case. The president also recalled that the appearance warrants remain valid and that former domestic employees will have to testify.
Unsurprisingly, the multi-billionaire Prakash Hinduja, 79, part of an Indian industrial conglomerate of the same name worth several tens of billions and president of the group for Europe, is still playing the absent subscriber. As is his wife Kamal, 75 years old, portrayed by the prosecution as the chief organizer of this system of recruitment and exploitation of domestic staff. They are represented by their lawyers, Mes Robert Assaël and Nicolas Jeandin.
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