Tag: SEX TRAFFICKING
Ghana jails Nigerian woman for human, sex trafficking
A Circuit Court in Tamale, northern Ghana has sentenced a Nigerian woman to five years in prison for human trafficking and forced prostitution.
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Oprah Winfrey denies being arrested for alleged trafficking
American media personality, Oprah Winfrey, has denied being arrested on sex trafficking charges.
The 66-year-old debunked the rumours on Twitter on Wednesday, explaining that she...
Nigerian ‘sex trafficking’ gang begin trial in France Wednesday
About 24 suspected members of a sex trafficking ring
accused of forcing Nigerian women into prostitution in France will go on trial
Wednesday.
In 2016 and 2017,...
Nigerian woman arrested in Ghana for sex trafficking
A Nigerian woman identified as Chioma Abaraonye has been arrested by the Ghana Immigration Service for allegedly running a prostitution ring.
Abaraonye is accused of...
UK court jails Nigerian nurse 14 years for voodoo sex trafficking
A British court on Wednesday sentenced a Nigerian nurse, Josephine Iyamu, to 14 years in prison on Wednesday for trafficking five women to Germany...
Former Edo assembly aspirant convicted of sex trafficking in UK
A former Edo House of Assembly aspirant, Josephine Iyamu, has been convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after...
6 Nigerians arrested in Italy for trafficking women
Police in southern Italy have arrested seven people on charges of trafficking Nigerian women for prostitution.
Italy's Carabinieri said Tuesday that one Italian and six...
Italy buries 26 Nigerian women who died crossing Mediterranean Sea
More than two dozen young Nigerian women who drowned during a migrant crossing from Libya were honoured Friday with an interfaith funeral.
The ceremony closes...
Nigeria urges UN probe into deaths of 26 female migrants
Nigeria on Wednesday called for an international inquiry after 26 women and girls drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
The bodies of...
Sex slavery and trafficking fund Boko Haram – Report
Offering kidnapped women and girls to jihadist fighters as sex slaves or wives helps militant groups lure and retain members, while sex trafficking can...