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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