Police have questioned a man over allegations of human trafficking and facilitating rape in connection with the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed.

The suspect, who is in his 60s, was interviewed under caution this month after 154 people came forward to report allegations of sexual abuse by Fayed, the Metropolitan police said.

The interview with the unnamed suspect follows the questioning of three women in their 40s, 50s and 60s between 25 February and 5 March on suspicion of aiding and abetting rape and sexual assault, assisting the commission of sexual offences and human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Police said no arrests had been made and the investigation was continuing.

Scotland Yard previously said it was investigating more than five people who may have facilitated Fayed’s alleged crimes.

It is understood that detectives have identified several more suspects who will be questioned in the coming months over allegations that they may have facilitated or enabled abuse.

It is alleged that Fayed, who died in 2023, aged 94, used his wealth and power to attack scores of women over four decades, with his youngest victim being 13.

The Met previously said officers had taken accounts from Fayed’s accusers and other witnesses over the past 18 months.

The force said information from those interviews led to the force including alleged human trafficking in its investigation.

Lawyers representing Fayed’s alleged victims had also urged police to treat the scandal as “trafficking allegations”. They claimed that Operation Cornpoppy, the code name for the investigation, was initially too narrow in scope.

The alleged crimes span between 1977 and 2014, and the Met said about 400 offences may have been committed.

Fayed also allegedly targeted employees at the Ritz hotel in Paris, which he bought in 1979.

The French authorities have reportedly been investigating an allegation that Fayed trafficked a woman he took on as an assistant at the hotel.

Before his death, 21 allegations about Fayed were made to police but he evaded justice. In January last year, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said two complaints from survivors about the Met police’s handling of allegations would be investigated by the Met’s directorate of professional standards (DPS) under the IOPC’s direction.

Police said they had now examined more than 50,000 pages of evidence, including victim statements, and retrieved “significant amounts of material” from previous reports about Fayed stored in their archives.