Voodoo prostitute slavery ring busted

(ANSA) - Milan, November 5 - Police on Thursday arrested four Nigerians on charges of exploiting prostitution in the province of Milan. The suspects operated in Italy and Nigeria, where they allegedly enslaved their victims using modified voodoo rites before bringing them to Italy by boat on the migrant route from Libya to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. They now face possible charges of human trafficking and reduction into slavery. Investigators identified at least nine victims, who were made to prostitute themselves on a local road in Carpiano until they had paid off a debt bond of up to 70,000 euros. Four of the victims are now living in special communities for victims of human trafficking.