Spain arrests Nigerians using Juju to force women into prostitution

A man and a woman of
Nigerian origin have been
arrested over claims that they
forced Nigerian women into
prostitution and deployed
voodoo to keep their victims
under their control, Spanish
police said Sunday.
The two suspects were
arrested on a warrant issued
by Norway after a Nigerian
woman lodged a complaint
against them in Oslo.
Spanish police said the pair
promised their victims, who
were living in extreme
poverty, a job and that they
would cover their travel
expenses. They would then
force them to become
prostitutes.
The young Nigerian woman
who filed the complaint had
herself been lured in 2011 to
Spain by a woman who
promised her work.
When she arrived in Spain,
however, she was kidnapped
and held in an apartment on
the southern edge of Madrid.
Her abductor then forced her
to work as a prostitute in
several Spanish cities, as well
as Bordeaux in France and
finally Oslo, claiming she was
owed a 60,000-euro ($66,000)
debt).
“The ‘madam’ and her
accomplices had control over
her, using all methods of
aggression and threats and
resorting to traditional Juju
voodoo practices, including
animal sacrifices,” the police
said.
In these rites, the victims are
forced to take a pledge of
obedience, which they are
then persuaded into believing
that they would fall ill or
become insane if they fail to
obey, according to Amnesty
International.
The two suspects were
arrested at their home with
police finding false identity
documents and several
objects linked to the rituals
there.
Six Nigerians including four
women were convicted in
France last month over
similar charges.
Also in June, Spanish police
dismantled a trafficking ring
that they said used voodoo
rituals to force women into
prostitution.SOUCE