Eight princesses from Abu Dhabi’s ruling family, Al-Nahyan have each been issued 15-months of suspended sentence and fined €165,000 yesterday after a Belgian court found them guilty of trafficking and abuse of their servants.

The case dates back to 2008, when Princess Shekiha Hamda Al-nahyan and her seven daughters rented an entire floor of Conrad Hotel in Brussels for months and brought more than twenty servants along with them, an action which according to them, is part of their tradition and entitlement as royalty.

Prosecutors say that the workers were treated like slaves and forced to attend to the princesses’ every desires 24/7 and were not given proper beds to sleep on.

The princesses had also allegedly confiscated their passports and denied them pay. One servant fled captivity and reported the case to the authorities who raided the hotel and freed the rest of the servants.
http://www.unbrokenchords.com/eight-arab-princesses-have-been-found-guilty-of-trafficking-and-abuse/

Sheikha Hamda and her seven daughters, including their Indian butler failed to attend the trial and denied all the charges.

Their lawyer,Stephen Monod said he was satisfied to note that the Belgian justice has appropriately assessed the case which has generated many misconceptions for nearly ten years.

He however, was unable to confirm whether or not his clients would pay their fines, saying they had not decided if they would appeal the case.
http://www.unbrokenchords.com/eight-arab-princesses-have-been-found-guilty-of-trafficking-and-abuse/

Daughters of Allah!

Nobody should be termed "servants' in today's world.
Human trafficking is a big offence, i wonder why their sentence wasn't even harsh.