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Tuesday 19 December 2017 - 13:10

Italy nabs 7 for trafficking Nigerian women

Story Code : 691074
Italy nabs 7 for trafficking Nigerian women
Italy's Carabinieri (an autonomous paramilitary force) said Tuesday that one Italian and six Nigerians face charges of human trafficking, trading in slaves, unlawful immigration and forcing women into prostitution.

The year-long investigation was instigated by victims of the trafficking ring, and that it turned up evidence of a criminal structure operating in Italy, Libya and Nigeria.

The International Organization for Migrants recorded a 600-percent increase in potential sex trafficking victims arriving in Italy over three years, most of them from Nigeria, to over 11,000 last year from under 1,500 in 2014.
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