Nigeria: French Police Break Up Nigerian Prostitution Ring

French police have broken up a Nigerian prostitution ring operating in several French cities, they said Wednesday. The women were "modern-day slaves" forced to trade in sex to pay for their passage to France, sources said.

Twelve people have been charged with pimping, organised people trafficking and money-laundering in Bordeaux, the sources say.

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