Belgian court finds Arab princesses guilty of trafficking and abusing servants - Sensationalist Headlines

[quote]A Brussels court has handed a 15-month suspended prison sentence to eight Arab princesses. The widow of an Abu Dhabi sheikh and her seven daughters were found guilty of human trafficking and degrading their servants. Eight princesses from Abu Dhabi's ruling al-Nahyan family were each given a 15-month suspended prison sentence and fined 165,000 euros ($185,000) on Friday after a court in Belgium found them guilty of human trafficking and degrading their servants. The incident dates back to 2008, when Princess Shekha Alnehayan and her seven daughters rented an entire floor in Brussels' Conrad Hotel for several months and brought more than 20 servants with them. According to the prosecution, the workers were "treated like slaves" and forced to attend to the princesses' every wish 24 hours a day, while not being given enough food or beds to sleep in. Prosecutors said the princesses had also confiscated their passports and refused to pay their salaries. Authorities were made aware of the degrading conditions after one servant managed to flee the hotel and report the case to the police, who subsequently raided the hotel. Owing to a lack of evidence, however, the princesses, none of whom appeared in court during the proceedings, were not found guilty of subjecting the servants to inhumane conditions, a more serious charge. They were also found innocent of any violation of Belgian labor laws, despite the servants not having the necessary visas or work permits. The servants were found to be employed by a private company known as Private Department, rather than directly by the princesses themselves. The prosecution and the defense both indicated that they intended to challenge the verdict. [/quote] [url]http://www.dw.com/en/belgian-court-finds-arab-princesses-guilty-of-trafficking-and-abusing-servants/a-39387033[/url] Original report with more indepth content on what happened to the workers. [url]http://www.dw.com/en/eight-arab-princesses-go-on-trial-in-belgium/a-38796246[/url]

I think you need to be a little more specific. The princess who is being accused is from the UAE.

15 months. lol

The sentences are really light. This case has gone on for a decade now hasn't it? And half of the fine and the entirety of the sentence are suspended. What a joke.

[QUOTE=Gnorm57;52393673]I think you need to be a little more specific. The princess who is being accused is from the UAE.[/QUOTE] DW's title, and I understand why they still used Arab. If I remember correctly people use that considering it's in the name of the country. If mod can change the title to be more specific that be awesome tho.

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;52393725]The sentences are really light. This case has gone on for a decade now hasn't it? And half of the fine and the entirety of the sentence are suspended. What a joke.[/QUOTE] In this case an example should be made of these pompous cunts, it's about time these arab royals learned they can't act with impunity outside their own sandboxes.

You people actually expected a more severe sentence ? Here terrorists who come back from Syria get a 6 month suspended sentence.

[QUOTE=GordonZombie;52393807]In this case an example should be made of these pompous cunts, it's about time these arab royals learned they can't act with impunity outside their own sandboxes.[/QUOTE] Apparently they can.

[QUOTE=CarnolfMeatla;52393887]Apparently they can.[/QUOTE] Then they need a harsh lesson to teach them otherwise. Either that or hopefully someone snaps one day and subjects them to a similar measure of abuse to which they inflicted upon others.

They should be punished for the crimes they committed. Don't make an example out of them by giving them a harsher sentence, give them precisely what they deserve. [editline]23rd June 2017[/editline] This suspended prison sentence seems too light though.

[QUOTE=joost1120;52394126]They should be punished for the crimes they committed. Don't make an example out of them by giving them a harsher sentence, give them precisely what they deserve. [editline]23rd June 2017[/editline] This suspended prison sentence seems too light though.[/QUOTE] Isn't that mostly because they can't actually arrest them, they've already disappeared back to UAE? Or am I thinking of another batch of princesses abusing their servants?

Thats the lightest human trafficking sentence I've ever seen.

a 15 month suspended sentence for human trafficking? fuck off

15 months my foot, and that too suspended. This is as gross an injustice as you could ever see.

Severing of diplomatic ties would be a better punishment. Bar the royals from entering the country until they stop trying to practice slavery outside their own house.