Hinduja Lawyers Say Human Trafficking Indictment Is Flawed
- Indictment is a ‘fantasized’ version of events: family lawyer
- Passports confiscated, staff worked 7 days a week: prosecutor
Ajay Hinduja, second right, and his wife, center, arrive with lawyers for the opening day of their trial at the Geneva courthouse, on Jan. 15.
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Members of the billionaire Hinduja family charged with human trafficking over the mistreatment of their domestic staff said that the Swiss indictment against them is deeply flawed and must be sent back to prosecutors for re-examination.
The 43-page indictment issued last year cites and relies on the experience of people who worked for the family but have never been interviewed by lawyers for the family, Yael Hayat, a lawyer for Ajay Hinduja, told a Geneva court on Monday.