Police bust Nigerian smuggling and prostitution ring in Italy
Police have arrested 11
Nigerians for allegedly trafficking young women and girls from Nigeria to
exploit them as sex slaves in the southern Italian city of Catania.
Police Officer Antonio
Salvago said Monday, October 24th, that the victims underwent a voodoo rite to
bind them to their debts after they promised to pay up to 40,000 euros
($43,000) for a journey they thought would bring them to a better life in
Europe, a rite which made them obey their smugglers and pimps.
The victims, all under
age 25 and some as young as 16, traveled through Libya before crossing the
Mediterranean by boat with thousands of other migrants
Catania Chief Prosecutor
Carmelo Zuccaro says the investigation shows that illegal immigration breeds
more serious crimes of exploitation and forced prostitution.
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