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Italian authorities said the criminal network forced 41 Nigerian women into prostitution while nine were forced to beg for money on the streets.<\/div>\n
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\nThe exploitation stretched outside Italy into Germany and Libya, according to\u00a0dw.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The gang lured dozens of Nigerian women to Italy where it then forced them into prostitution and kept them in a cycle of \u2018physical-psychological coercion\u2019<\/p>\n

Italian police on Monday announced that they had broken up a Nigerian crime ring operating across the country with the arrest of some 40 suspects.<\/p>\n

The suspects have been charged with money laundering, facilitating illegal immigration, human trafficking, forced prostitution and slavery, according to a police statement.<\/p>\n

Authorities say the network was active in Cagliari, Sardinia; Turin in Piedmont; and Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region. Beyond Italy, the network stretched from Nigeria via Libya and up to Germany as well. Police say dozens of other individuals are currently under investigation.<\/p>\n

Police said the people arrested Monday had been responsible for the fates of 41 women who were forced into prostitution and nine more who were forced into begging.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, the gang managed to move nearly \u20ac11.4 million ($12.5 million) in prostitution, money laundering and begging profits to Nigeria.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nThey did so by using an informal Hawala system that moves money across international borders outside the formal banking system.<\/p>\n

Police say the group used 11 teams of cash couriers \u2014 hiding cash inside retractable luggage handles or pasta packages to elude searches at Italy\u2019s airports.<\/p>\n

The men arrested Monday were said to have lured young Nigerian women to Europe with the prospect of working in Italy and the payment of their travel costs.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival the women were psychologically abused and even subjected to \u201cmacabre voodoo rituals,\u201d designed to keep them from contacting Italian authorities for help and making them fear harm to their families back home should they fail to repay their expenses or disobey their handlers.<\/p>\n

Authorities were tipped off by a Nigerian woman who sounded the alarm \u2014 saying the women incurred debts as high as \u20ac50,000 to be brought illegally to Italy, where they were then forced into prostitution to pay off the debt.<\/p>\n

Measures taken by judicial authorities in Italy ended up helping the victims break \u201cthe ties of physical-psychological coercion which kept them bound\u201d to the criminal network.<\/p>\n

While sex work is legal in Italy, exploiting prostitutes is a crime.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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