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25 Nigerians Arrested In Spain For Using Women As Prostitutes & Internet Fraudsters
Nov 12, 2013 – 25 Nigerians Arrested In Spain For Using Women As Prostitutes & Internet Scammers
Police in Spain have arrested 25 people in connection to a sex-trafficking ring that brought women from Nigeria to work as prostitutes and internet scammers.
The group specializes in using stolen or fake credit cards to buy high end designer goods that were loaded in vans, welded and sealed with silicone and then sent by ship to Lagos, Nigeria. The women allegedly lured with the promise of good jobs in Europe, were first flown to Mexico or Brazil, travelling on false identity documents. From there, they were flown to Paris, then smuggled into Spain to work in the sex trade, police say. Five women who were victims of the sex ring were freed in the raids.
According to BBC, Police found one member of the gang performing an abortion on one of the five women. Arrests were made across Spain – in Madrid, Toledo, Cantabria and Palma de Mallorca. More than 100 vans concealing luxury goods were also seized. The gang used the vans to launder their profits and send them back to Lagos, police say.
The vans, with dark-tinted windows and welded doors, were stocked full of beer but had luxury items hidden deeper inside. Goods worth an estimated €5 Million (£4.1M – $6.6M) were found in 94 vans seized in Madrid and another 26 in the port of Valencia, including high-end televisions and cases of alcohol. Police say the investigations began in October 2012, following the complaint of a Nigerian who had been attacked by several people of the same nationality in the Madrid suburb of Fuenlabrada. The National Police identified the alleged attackers, who may be engaged in a criminal plot far-reaching.
It took several months of investigations for the police to discover the activities of these individuals, members of an organized group mainly settled in Madrid, Toledo and the Balearic Islands. The branch in Spain was itself part of an international criminal organization, formed more than 20 years ago in Nigerian universities and it was dedicated to a wide range crime; from scams by fraudulent use of cloned credit cards online, the “Nigerian letters”, forgery to trafficking humans.
Out of the 25 suspects, 8 are illegal immigrants in Spain.
[Source: BBC World]
Alana Igwe
November 12, 2013 at 5:09 PM
I don’t trust BBC sometimes they forge their reports to tarnish the image of Nigeria.
Dapo
November 12, 2013 at 5:42 PM
whatelse can I say Nigerians especially the ibo boys have tarnished the image of this great nation all over the world it’s only God that can help us
bauer
November 12, 2013 at 10:53 PM
Dapo why don’t u mind ya own biz nd stp calling ibo
ojukwu
November 12, 2013 at 6:20 PM
MR DAPO,u shuld’t mention ibo cos yoruba r involve too so PLS put tribalism aside.
mrs ohio alias mrs ERANKO
November 12, 2013 at 6:52 PM
THIS JOB HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRIBE, BECAUSE PAY AS YOU GO JOB , WHORE, WAS NOT ONLY NIGERIAN THAT ARE DOING IT ,
IT WAS ALL OVER THE WORLD , AND IT WAS A BIG BUSINESS DURING THE SLAVE TRADE .THE SLAVE MASTER USED A LOT OF SLAVES FOR PROSTITUTION, EUROPE AND AMERICA.
THE WHITE PEOPLE ARE THE MASTER IN THIS JOB , AND THEY ARE THE ONE LOOKING FOR AFRICANS AGENTS TO GET THEM GIRLS TO DO THIS JOB FOR THEM ,
WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR AFRICAN MEN THAT ARE DOING PIPPIN JOBS AND GIGOLO , THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY IN PIPPIN OUT GIRLS IN AMSTERDAM,AND IN AMERICA, IT IS AN EXPRESS WAY OF GETTING RICH QUICK.
BECAUSE DURING THE SLAVE TRADE , THEY USED A LOT OF SLAVES BRUTALLY FOR PROSTITUTION, IN WHICH IF YOUR VISITORS CAME TO VISIT YOU ,
YOU HAVE TO CALL YOUR SLAVE TO ENTERTAIN THEM WITH SEX, NO MATTER HOW MANY NUMBERS THEY ARE .
PEOPLE GO FOR THIS JOB , BECAUSE A LOT OF WHITE BILLIONAIRE PREFER SLEEPING WITH AFRICANS AND THE PAY WAS GOOD , SO IF YOU ARE LAZY , AND YOU CAN NOT DO ODD JOBS , CLEANING AND MOPPING , THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO CROSS TO THE EXPRESS WAY TO ABUSE YOURSELF BECAUSE OF £5000 A SECTION .
ose
November 13, 2013 at 8:02 AM
mrs ohio u said it all,dats jst d plain truth.thks madam
uwadiegwu
November 12, 2013 at 6:54 PM
dapo if you don’t have any good thing to say you zip you mouth name was not mention here to identify whether they are IGBO or not you have already pointing accusing finger on IGBo you people don’t like the Igbos yet you people don’t want us to go.
George
November 12, 2013 at 9:42 PM
Igbo boys have finished the image of our good nation naija,dear lord come down and manifest your power,igbo boys why always u ?why always in haste?well keep doing what u know one day monkey will go market and he will never return…
damijOe
November 13, 2013 at 6:25 AM
Igbo!chai,all yu tink Д₪Ð knw ℓ̊Ƨ̷̜̩̌̋ moni ┌y┐┌e┐┌t┐ yu knt work hard 4 ĪŦ.instead yu go engage in drug traffickin,ritual Д₪Ð d rest ah swear yu guys ΛŔƐ xo crazy.
reachel
November 13, 2013 at 8:09 AM
Igbo boys abeg respect yourselves and stop tarnishing the image of Nigeria beko oh, thank you.
SpoT 1
November 13, 2013 at 12:19 PM
stupid dapo will you stop calling the Igbos please, all of you who heated the Igbos must understand that you can’t do without the Igbos, in that great nation. if you like go hang your self.
villy
January 6, 2015 at 9:23 AM
why cant we do without the ibos,is it eating of human head like isi ewu
karen
November 13, 2013 at 2:00 PM
If You gugz don’t have any thing to talk den you close ur month, the did not mention tribe, the only say nigerian’s