IC was convicted of: heading and running an organised criminal network for the purposes of human trafficking; aggravated human trafficking; heading and running an organised criminal network for the purposes of facilitating illegal immigration; facilitating illegal immigration.
PG was convicted of two offences, namely: aggravated human trafficking and facilitating illegal immigration.
In collaboration with organised criminal groups operating transnationally, IC and PG were involved in the recruitment, transportation and harbouring of young Nigerian women in order to exploit them for use in the Italian prostitution market and in that of several other European countries (Belgium, Germany, UK, and Spain) and to procure such young girls for third-party ‘
madames’ throughout Europe, and profit from them financially.
The victims’ journey from Nigeria to Italy involved the crossing of Niger and Libya and was possible due to the defendants’ close relationship with Libyan traffickers with whom they were in constant contact at every stage of the young women’s journey. This was very well coordinated and involved military like control, corruption of border authorities and para-entrepreneurial planning.
IC and PG took care of the transportation fee, and charged the victims up to 45,000 euros, which the women had to pay back through their work.
The defendants also provided the women with the ‘story’ to tell to the authorities in order to get relevant residence documents.
Before leaving Nigeria, the victims were forced to undergo a voodoo ritual. This meant they believed that if they were to escape, not repay their debt or talk to the police they would be killed, or their families would be harmed. This gave the defendants very useful leverage over the young women.
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This decision involves a victim that was used to recruit other victims. While that victim was tried separately, her role was extensively described in this decision.