A Swiss court dismissed more serious charges of human trafficking.
An Indian-born billionaire and three family members were sentenced to prison yesterday for exploiting domestic workers at their lakeside villa in Switzerland by seizing their passports, barring them from going out and making them work up to 18 hours a day.
“The health of our clients is very poor, they are elderly people,” he said, explaining why the family was not in court.A fifth defendant — Najib Ziazi, the family’s business manager — received an 18-month suspended sentence. Swiss authorities have seized diamonds, rubies, a platinum necklace and other jewellery and assets in anticipation that they could be used to pay for legal fees and possible penalties.Along with three brothers, Prakash Hinduja leads an industrial conglomerate in sectors including information technology, media, power, real estate and health care.The family set up residence in Switzerland in the 1980s, and Hinduja was convicted in 2007 on similar charges.
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