At least five Al Fayed survivors confirmed as modern slavery victims

At slightest 5 women who were abused by erstwhile Harrods proprietor Mohamed Al Fayed person been formally recognised by the Home Office arsenic victims of modern slavery.

The BBC revealed successful April that Rachel Louw, who has waived her close to anonymity, had go the archetypal pistillate known to person specified a decision.

Since then, astatine slightest 4 different women person received affirmative "conclusive grounds" decisions recognising them arsenic victims of modern slavery, with much expected to follow, according to PA Media.

The latest cases see women who were trafficked internationally and wrong the UK, including 1 lawsuit successful which the trafficking took spot wholly wrong Harrods.

When an idiosyncratic receives a affirmative "conclusive grounds" determination done the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) - the UK's authoritative model for identifying victims of modern slavery - they are formally recognised arsenic a victim.

Legal experts person antecedently told the BBC that these decisions tin fortify the credibility of witnesses successful transgression proceedings and whitethorn power the mode constabulary analyse cases.

The Modern Slavery Act, which came into unit successful 2015, defines quality trafficking arsenic arranging oregon facilitating the question of different idiosyncratic wrong a state oregon crossed borders for the purposes of that idiosyncratic being exploited.

The latest decisions see each 4 members of the subsister advocacy radical No One Above, who had been awaiting rulings aft being referred to the NRM by the anti-slavery foundation Unseen.

According to PA Media, 1 subsister had been recruited to a mendacious relation wrong Harrods, portion 2 others were employed successful morganatic roles earlier being selected for maltreatment from the store floor.

A 4th worked arsenic a home worker for the Fayed household aft being recruited by a letting bureau called Hyde Park Residence.

One of the survivors said receiving the determination was "very significant".

"Seeing it successful penning that you were a unfortunate of modern slavery and trafficking is very... it's truly shocking to read," she told PA Media.