According to reports, Italian authorities have arrested four Nigerian citizens accused of human trafficking and forcing underage migrant girls into prostitution, including through the use of esoteric rituals.
Four
Nigerian citizens, of whom three are women, have been arrested in the
province of Caserta as part of an investigation by the Catania
anti-mafia police into the trafficking of Nigerians who were brought to
Italy and forced into prostitution.
Those arrested were a 42-year-old woman and her 36-year-old brother, his 31-year-old wife and a 26-year-old woman.
They
are accused of working with other unidentified suspects in Nigeria and
Libya in human trafficking, an aggravated crime due to its cross-border
nature; as well as causing harm to minors and exposing the injured
parties to serious danger to their lives and their physical integrity.
The investigation began following statements made by a Nigerian minor
named “Onda” (name changed to protect privacy, ed.), who disembarked in
Catania in July 2016 from the Italian Coast Guard ship “Luigi Dattilo”
together with 359 other migrants.
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