Police open investigation on Mo Farah’s trafficking claim

The 39-year-old Somalia-born athlete—who won double Olympic gold (5,000m and 10,000m) for his adopted country at both the 2012 and 2016 Games—revealed in a BBC documentary this week his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin

London’s Metropolitan Police have opened an investigation after British Olympic great Mo Farah made stunning revelations he was illegally trafficked into Britain as a child. 

The 39-year-old Somalia-born athlete—who won double Olympic gold (5,000m and 10,000m) for his adopted country at both the 2012 and 2016 Games—revealed in a BBC documentary this week his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin. 

He said he was forced to work in domestic servitude after entering the country aged eight or nine. 

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