This Alicante County Court convicted two of the eleven people accused of being part of a network. human trafficking what did he use voodoo rituals Bringing women from Nigeria and forcing them into prostitution in Benidorm and Bilbao, as stated in a sentence of Chapter Three. This Prosecutor sought a total of 95 years in prison imprisonment for eleven defendants, but in the same decision acquitted of nine defendantsdefended by three Juan Antonio Espinosa, attorney at law firm Francisco Galiana Botella.
The court does not recognize the involvement of the nine accredited persons in the conspiracy as accredited, but does acknowledge the involvement of a married couple who were identified as responsible by two protected witnesses. other five victims condemning the exploitation of the network in their time They did not attend the hearing.
Although the Alicante Court rejected the sentence invalidity of wiretapping inquiry yes does not allow its content to be used as evidence of indictment due to errors in the inclusion of the minutes in the process at the investigation stage, because not all parties were called for judicial approval of the experts who carried out them.
Two defendants sentenced nigerian marriagedeclared the perpetrator of the crimes Human trafficking for sexual exploitation in competition with prostitution crimes and acquitted of membership in a criminal organization, while acquitted of illegal immigration charges.
Imprisonment and compensation
Each of these offenses is sentenced to a total of 12 years and ten months in prison, to which must be added two fines for minor injury and ill-treatment for a total of 540 euros. They should also make up with 10,000 euros to each of the two protected witnesses
The declared facts proven in punishment date back to 2015. Now a convicted woman, kidnapping young Nigerian women to Spain to sexually exploit them. To do this, he organized and financed the trip to Europe via the route from Libya to Italy. Victims are contracted 30.000 Euro debt for the trip and they are one voodoo ritual before leaving the country to guarantee the payment of the debt.
Victims were threatened with harming their relatives if they did not pay, and were forced into prostitution and surrender everything on arrival in Spain, despite being deceived by false promises that they would improve their quality of life in Europe. money they earned.
Two of the protected witnesses testifying before the court Police He explained the whole process in detail from beginning to end. recruitment in Nigeria until later “Painful journey” to reach Libya via Niger and Algeria. At this stage, they confirm: they were raped and then they set out with over a hundred people and were shipwrecked, There were deaths before being rescued by a merchant near Italy.
The husband of the convicted woman went to Italy and managed to bring two protected witnesses to Spain, along with his wife’s documents.
Victims had to exercise Prostitution in Bilbao and Benidorm On busy days Monday through Sunday, both on public roads and in a stewardess club. If they didn’t make enough money, they were attacked.according to the sentence.
One of the protected witnesses managed to escape from the control of the defendants with the help of his friend, while another was found by the Police on a street in Bilbao.