Jeff Joy, a Nigerian mafia leader who
was one of the few women on Italy's 100 most wanted criminal
list, has been extradited to Italy from her native country.
Joy, 48, was sentenced in 2010 to 13 years in jail in Italy for
criminal conspiracy, slavery, people trafficking and living off
the proceeds of prostitution.
She was one of the leaders of the Nigerian or Black Mafia in
Italy, police said.
Police say Joy had a leading role in bringing young Nigerian
women to Italy, Spain and the Netherlands to work as
prostitutes, using violence and threats of all kinds including
voodoo rites against them and their family members back home.
She was arrested last June 4 in Nigeria by the local
intelligence services and was flown back to Italy Wednesday,
arriving at Rome's Ciampino Airport.
It is the first extradition between the two countries on the
basis of a new treaty that came into force in 2020.
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