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Public list of NOA actions as of 31 August 2026.

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Independent (PA), 27 August 2026

Al Fayed survivors tackle Met Police on investigation after submission to CPS

Survivor group No One Above said the submission is ‘a start’ but called on the Met to look into recruitment, movement and financing.

Independent (PA), 17 August 2026

Mohamed al-Fayed abuse victims call for Burnham to intervene after ‘losing faith’ in Met Police probe

[Press Association] An advocacy group for survivors of Al-Fayed called No One Above has urged the government to act, saying the Met has ‘failed to keep survivors safe’.

Standard (PA), 17 August 2026

Al Fayed survivors call for PM to intervene after losing faith in Met Police

[Press Association] Al Fayed survivors call for PM to intervene after losing faith in Met Police

Bylines Network, 6 August 2026

Statement from No One Above on reports of a public inquiry into a culture of impunity

We are, all of us, victims of the same thing – a culture of impunity that has been allowed to flourish in Britain, one that protects the powerful and abandons those they harm.

Independent (PA), 2 August 2026

At least five Mohamed Al Fayed survivors confirmed as human trafficking victims

[Press Association] Hundreds of allegations have been made against the billionaire Harrods boss, who died in 2023, including rape and sexual exploitation.

BBC, 2 August 2026

At least five Al Fayed survivors confirmed as modern slavery victims

At least five women who were abused by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have been formally recognised by the Home Office as victims of modern slavery.

Bylines Network, 2 July 2026

The state knew about Mohamed Al Fayed – who knew what when?

This is the second of a two-part article on the individuals and institutions in the UK that failed survivors of trafficking and abuse linked to Al Fayed time and again.

Independent (PA), 18 June 2026

Al Fayed survivor says being placed on mute during Starmer meeting ‘felt awful’

[Press Association] Justine said the meeting with the Prime Minister did not leave her feeling like ‘any concrete action’ would be taken.

Guardian (PA), 8 June 2026

Survivors of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed call for trafficking investigation

[Press Association] Without it the ‘true scale’ of former Harrods owner’s alleged network will stay hidden, says survivors’ group.

BBC, 29 April 2026

Al Fayed survivor was modern slavery victim, says Home Office

The Home Office has for the first time formally acknowledged that a woman who was abused by Mohamed Al Fayed was a victim of modern slavery, the BBC understands.

Bylines Network, 29 April 2026

The Harrods case seen through the trafficking lens

No One Above’s fight for National Referral Mechanism (NRM) recognition in the Al-Fayed case.

BBC, 24 March 2026

Al Fayed survivors frustrated at 'sceptism' about trafficking inquiry

A group of victims of former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed say the government has offered them "no route for justice", as they repeated calls for their cases to be investigated as human trafficking.

Bylines Network, 10 March 2026

Harrods and Al-Fayed abuse – the silence is breaking

The silence around the trafficking and exploitation linked to Mohamed Al-Fayed is breaking. Accountability must follow.

Bylines Network, 8 March 2026

Breaking the silence

A personal account of how the culture at Harrods and within the Al-Fayed network allowed it to traffick female employees.

Bylines Network, 20 February 2026

Why sexual predators target the emotionally vulnerable

The Harrods abuse scandal reveals that predators depend less on secrecy than on disbelief, silence, and the failure of institutions to act.

BBC, 11 February 2026

Al Fayed victims say cases should be investigated as human trafficking

A group of women who say they were sexually assaulted by the former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed have called for their cases to be investigated as human trafficking.

Bylines Network, 10 February 2026

Powerful, privileged, predator: how wealth and influence protect sexual abusers

Sexual abuse is often imagined as hidden and marginal, yet wealth and power quietly enables harm to continue, unseen and unchallenged.

Bylines Network, 6 February 2026

No One Above: why we speak, why we build, why we won’t stop

Survivors of Harrods abuse advocate to educate, overcome self-blame, protect future generations and ensure power is held to account.

Bylines Network, 2 February 2026

The warnings Britain ignored – how power protected Mohamed Al Fayed Part 1

The cost of being ‘added to the pile’: Four decades of disclosure and institutional denial.

Bylines Network, 16 January 2026

The Fayed/Harrods case bears the hallmarks of sex trafficking

At least 400 women have come forward in the wake of the Harrods abuse scandal so why aren’t they being referred to the National Referral Mechanism?

Bylines Network, 12 December 2025

Stop asking what victims did or did not do

A Harrods survivor’s challenge to us all: Start asking why the British establishment did nothing then and continues to do nothing

Sunday Times, 9 November 2025

Mohamed Al Fayed accusers unite to stop predators evading justice

[Paywall] More than 140 people have reported the late Harrords owner to the Met Police. The founders of the organisation want to dismantle the ‘network of privilege’

openDemocracy, 11 September 2025

Al Fayed’s victims say compensation scheme ignores ‘trafficking’ by Harrods

Revealed: Survivors say Harrods’ structure enabled sexual abuse, with staff involved in trafficking women to Al Fayed

The Times, 28 May 2025

Al Fayed ‘victims’ call for statutory public inquiry into abuse

[Paywall] The women say that only an inquiry with powers to compel witnesses to give evidence can bring to justice those who facilitated the late billionaire’s abuse

Guardian, 25 August 2026

Three years after his death, the Met goes after Mohamed Al Fayed. As for his enablers – well, you can’t rush things, can you?

The crimes he stands accused of required whole armies of facilitators. Don’t the victims deserve to see them face justice too?

Independent (PA), 17 August 2026

Met Police accused of failing in legal duty to Al Fayed trafficking victims

[Press Association] Survivors have said the Metropolitan Police did not offer them a referral to the National Referral Mechanism when they came forward.

Guardian, 15 August 2026

Met apologises for exposing 143 email addresses of Mohamed Al Fayed victims

London police force tells Telegraph incident was result of ‘human error’ and it is conducting an investigation.

The Times, 3 August 2026

Al Fayed abuse victims were trafficked, Home Office confirms

Modern slavery status has been granted to victims of the late Harrods owner as the Metropolitan Police continue to investigate cases.

Guardian, 2 August 2026

At least five Mohamed Al Fayed abuse survivors confirmed as human-trafficking victims

[Press Association] Decision comes after group of survivors claimed ex-Harrods owner’s associates must have helped facilitate his crimes.

Bylines Network, 1 August 2026

Bylines Gazette: One More Day of Silence is One Too Many

[Paywall] Decades on, survivors of the Fayed trafficking network are still fighting to be heard. The trafficker Mohamed Fayed died uncharged. The machine that facilitated and protected him did not die with him.  This edition of the Bylines Network Gazette is about what happened next — and what hasn’t.  

NOA writing and perspectives on the case from Meirion Jones, Nasir Afzal parliamentarians and experts

Issue 8 – July 2026

Bylines Network, 26 June 2026

The state knew about Mohamed Al Fayed – it chose to look away

The first of a two-part article on the individuals and institutions in the UK that failed survivors of trafficking and abuse linked to Al Fayed time and again.

Bylines Network, 10 June 2026

No, Prime Minister

Starmer apologised to 200 Al Fayed survivors but did not address the failure to investigate Fayed’s trafficking ring. Survivors expect answers.

BBC, 20 May 2026

MPs raise concerns about police investigations into Al Fayed abuse claims

A group of MPs has raised concerns about the way current and historical investigations into allegations of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed have been handled by police.

BBC, 29 April 2026

Al Fayed survivor a modern slavery victim, Home Office says

[iPlayer – unavailable outside the UK] Rachael Louw, who was trafficked and abused by the former Harrods owner and his brother Salah, says she feels 'vindication'.

Bylines Network, 28 March

Harrods: Justice forever out of reach?

Jess Phillips says inquiries and police investigations are unlikely to deliver justice to the Harrods victims. Survivors ask, what will?

Sunday Times, 14 March 2026

Jeffrey Epstein victim: He trafficked me to Mohamed Al Fayed

[Paywall] ‘Natalie’ says she was sent to the Harrods boss as a teenage model and he sexually assaulted her on his yacht. Analysis and survivor insights contributed by NOA.


Observer, 8 March 2026

Fayed survivors seek ‘conversation’ with PM as Met widens inquiry

Metropolitan police reveal that they had questioned three women in relation to allegations of human trafficking.

Observer, 27 February 2026

Fayed’s Harrods could be Britain’s Epstein Island

The comparison is not a stunt. It is a lens. It forces us to look at power, trafficking, and the role of the state.

Bylines Network, 13 February 2026

The warnings Britain ignored: how power protected Mohamed Al-Fayed, pt.4

Why Britain still refuses to name trafficking - and what that silence protects

Bylines Network, 11 February 2026

The warnings Britain ignored: how power protected Mohamed Al-Fayed, pt.3

Qatar’s due diligence and the institutional blindness that protected a system.

Bylines Network, 7 February 2026

The prime minister must answer to survivors

Government has failed to provide an unambiguous answer to a request for a statutory public inquiry into Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed.

Bylines Network, 4 February 2026

The warnings Britain ignored – how power protected Mohamed Al Fayed Part 2

How wealth met Britain’s libel laws.

openDemocracy, 30 January 2026

Al Fayed survivors urge Harrods not to share their data with abuser’s estate

Change to the Harrods redress scheme risks personal information being shared with the Fayed estate, warn survivors.

Bylines Network, 17 December 2025

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) – Harrods Survivor slams government strategy

As the government prepares a revised Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, a survivor of institutional exploitation questions its value

Bylines Network, 24 November 2025

When redress feels like re-trauma: a survivor’s view of the Harrods compensation scheme

The representatives of the perpetrators of abuse must not be allowed to control the process for survivor redress

Bylines Network, 9 November 2025

When power is untouchable: the legal abyss facing Harrods survivors

Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what “no one is above the law” really means

Mirror, 17 August 2026

Mohamed Al-Fayed cops blasted for 'failing in their legal duty to refer trafficking victims'

Four women who made allegations about Harrods billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed blasted officers for "failing in their legal duty" to identify them as victims of modern slavery and refer them to a national scheme for protection.

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