(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . What the hell is wrong with these people? [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-22 Britain’s richest family sentenced to jail for exploiting staff in Swiss mansion -The Guardian Prosecutors claimed four members of the family underpaid staff and gave them little freedom to leave the Geneva mansion. The Hindujas, who were not present in court, were acquitted of human trafficking but convicted of other charges on Friday in a stunning verdict for the family, whose fortune is estimated at £37bn. Prakash Hinduja and his wife, Kamal, were each sentenced to four years and six months in prison, and their son Ajay and his wife, Namrata, received four-year terms. The case stemmed from the family’s practice of bringing servants from their native India and included accusations of confiscating the staff’s passports once they had arrived in Switzerland. They [their lawyers] claim that they are themselves the victims. Prosecutors argued that the Hindujas paid their staff a pittance and gave them little freedom to leave the house. The family denied the allegations, claiming the prosecutors wanted to “do in the Hindujas”. How many times do we hear similar stories from the uber-rich? It is unbelievable. They disgust me, they are the lowest of the low. Household staff were paid a salary of between 220 and 400 Swiss francs (£195-£350) a month, far below what they could otherwise expect to earn in Switzerland. “They’re profiting from the misery of the world,” Bertossa told the court. It has nothing to do with race and everything to do with a false sense of superiority. You are human effluent, pure and simple. With interests in oil and gas, banking and healthcare, the Hinduja Group is present in 38 countries and employs about 200,000 people. I assume they treat them similarly. see en.wikipedia.org/... [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/22/2248006/-What-the-hell-is-wrong-with-these-people?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/