Tag: human traffickers
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SHOCK!!! Bodies of 18 migrants found lifeless in truck
At least 18 Afghan migrants, including a child, have suffocated in a truck abandoned in Bulgaria, as they were being illegally smuggled to Serbia. The vehicle was transporting timber and carrying some 52 illegal migrants hidden in a secret compartment, the country’s Interior Ministry said. The truck was transporting 52 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan. The…
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Immigration raises alarm on use of ECOWAS travel certificates by human traffickers
T he Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Bayelsa, on Thursday raised the alarm on the increased use of ECOWAS Travel Certificates (ETC) by human traffickers to evade suspicion and arrest. The NIS said it uncovered the new strategy used by human traffickers
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Italy arrest 10 Nigerians accused of running human trafficking business
Italian police have detained 10 Nigerians accused of running a human trafficking ring that allegedly used voodoo rituals and promises of jobs to lure migrants to Italy only to be put to work as prostitutes. Police in Catania, Sicily, said the victims, including some minors, paid as much as 25,000 euros (($28,000) each to make…