Police in Italy have arrested 11 Nigerians for allegedly
trafficking young women and girls from Nigeria to exploit them as sex slaves.
Police Officer Antonio Salvago in the southern Italian city
of Catania said on Tuesday 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.
Salvago says the rite 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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