ring that brought women from Nigeria to work as prostitutes.
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.
Police found one member of the gang performing an abortion on one of
the five women, reports the BBC.
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 5m euros (£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 gang was formed more than 20 years ago in Nigerian
universities and was also known for sending so-called Nigerian letters
by email, asking recipients to send money.
Why do our people keep projecting us in a very bad image? I trust Fashola will deport the non-lagosians to their states.
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