Five women and seven men were sentenced to prison sentences, ranging from two to nine years, for “treats to be human”, “help with irregular stay” and “procurement”. Two prostitutes, consisting of civilians, had denounced the network in 2017.
Le Monde
Twelve Nueréans – Five women and seven men – have been sentenced, Friday, October 8 by the Marseille Correctional Court, prison sentences ranging from two to nine years. They responded, in this vast prostitution, fact of “human beings”, “help with irregular stay” and “procurementism”.
The Tribunal delivered an arrest warrant against three defendants absent to the deliberations, while four others – including two women – were arrested at the helm. The couple who appeared held in detention.
Three men were sentenced to nine years in prison. This is Tony Osemiwigie, 27, presented as the “essential central figure” of this criminal network of prostitutes in Marseille; Kelly Orobosa, 27, described as the organizer of the passage of these migrants between Italy and France; and Happy Sunday, one of his deputies. The companion of Mr. Osemiwigie, Vera Okoro, was a sentence of eight years in prison. The couple had been denounced in 2017 by “tassy” and “beauty”, two prostitutes who were civilian.
Criminal group belonging Eiye Confraternity
At the hearing, these victims told how, once arrived in Europe, they had been forced to prostitute themselves to repay their “passage debt”, usually fixed between 45,000 and 60,000 euros. One of them confirmed to have been raped when she refused to “work”, and even scalded after being tied on a bed.
Two other defendants, “mamas” – old prostitutes that have become pimps once their debt of apured passage – have been sentenced to five and six years in prison and immediately arrested. “I changed my life, I work now, and my son needs me,” said one of them, “Joy” Uyi, at the closing of the debates.
In his indictment the Prosecure Sophie Couillaud had mentioned Thursday the establishment in Marseille of these Nigerian criminal gangs: “This affair plunges into the merchandization at the highest level of the human being. Less noisy than the one we usually judge , linked to drug trafficking and account regulations, this crime should not settle in Marseille. “According to the Prosecution, the defendants belong to the Criminal Group Eiye Confraternity, one of those who set foot in Europe, especially in Italy. It is the origin of a Nigerian student fraternity.
All the defendants, but also the twenty prostitutes they operated in Marseille and Nice, come from the state of Edo (South Nigeria) including “the capital, Benin City, is the most important center of Human trafficking of Nigeria “, had explained M Couillaud:” The vast majority of Nigerian migrants arrived on the Italian coasts are originating “.