Nigeria: British Court Sentences Nigerian to 14 Years Imprisonment for Trafficking, Slavery

5 July 2018

A British Court sentenced a Nurse, Josephine Iyamu, to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for trafficking five Nigerian women to Germany to work as prostitutes, controlling them through voodoo.

The London-based British citizen, Iyamu, 51, was found guilty in a "landmark modern slavery case" after the first prosecution involving victims outside Britain, the National Crime Agency said.

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