Four members of the wealthy Hinduja family were sentenced to up to 4.5 years in prison by a Swiss criminal court Friday for exploiting their domestic staff. However, the court dismissed the human trafficking charges against them, observing that the workers were aware of the conditions they were agreeing to.

Hinduja Group chairman in Europe Prakash Hinduja, his wife Kamal, son Ajay, and daughter-in-law Namrata were found guilty of worker exploitation and illegal employment.

Prakash and Kamal were each sentenced to four years and six months in prison. Ajay and Namrata were handed down four-year prison terms. The four were not present in the Geneva court when the ruling was delivered.

The charges against the family included confiscating workers’ passports, paying them in Indian rupees instead of Swiss francs, restricting their movement, and subjecting them to gruelling work hours for minimal pay in Switzerland.

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