Rich guy who shares some of his millions:

Hamish Ogston is one of Britain’s richest men…

He has spent the last five years building up his eponymous foundation, which has donated tens of millions to heritage projects, healthcare and women’s education in the global south.

He’s had dinner with Charles Windsor. Anne Windsor’s husband has had dinner with him. Heady stuff.

Today, a Sunday Times investigation reveals evidence that suggests for the last 15 years he has engaged in the exploitation of vulnerable southeast Asian sex workers. Documents suggest Ogston has trafficked or attempted to traffic Thai and Filipina sex workers, and hosted women who entered the country as tourists only to stay at his property and engage in sex work. Others are, in his words, already in the country “illegally” and beholden to mama-sans (female Thai pimps) or members of organised crime gangs, making them less likely to report potential abuse.

Yes but he’s had dinner with Charles Windsor.

Ogston said that he did not recognise our account and denies entirely that his conduct amounts to the systematic exploitation of vulnerable women. The potential offences include breaking laws on immigration, prostitution and human trafficking — defined as arranging or facilitating a person’s travel to another country to exploit them for sexual or domestic servitude. It is also a crime to “knowingly” employ adults who do not have the right to work or are in the country illegally, and to control a person’s prostitution for gain. Such crimes can result in lengthy prison sentences.

Even if the perp has had dinner with Charles Windsor? Surely not.

Ogston’s alleged exploitation has severely affected a number of the women involved. He has asked sex workers to perform acts on himself, his friends and other prostitutes so extreme that some have required medical attention and risked chronic disease.

I have no sarcasm for that one. It’s staggering. Some men are happy to injure women and leave them chronically ill for the men’s sexual thrills. Scales: on the one hand women’s safety and health, on the other hand some guy’s tingle. His tingle is worth more than her entire well-being.

And there’s more. Scotland Yard helped him. Scotland Yard was on Team Men’s Tingle as opposed to Team Women’s Safety.

In 2016, Scotland Yard contacted a woman who Ogston had paid for sex and subsequently accused of blackmail. Extraordinarily, an officer sent two emails they had received in which the woman alleged exploitation by Ogston back to the man himself. The officer also assured Ogston they were running checks and trying to find an address for her. The millionaire then hired a private detective to track her down.

That is indeed extraordinary.