Prostitutes who were taken to Ibiza for the tourist sex trade then beaten with brooms and sticks if they didn't bring in €1,000 a day have been rescued by police. The victims, who were lured to the Spanish mainland with fake promises of jobs, were forced to work 14 hours a day. One of the women, police have revealed, was just 16 years of age. All 21 are Nigerian and were working in the exclusive districts of Ibiza. A major operation carried out by the Spanish police in association with the Office of Criminal Investigation in Germany and Europol has led to the arrest of 24 suspects. 'The network captured very young victims among the lower classes of the major Nigerian cities, deceiving them with false job offers in Spain. 'Once in our country, they were forced into prostitution in marathon days, being beaten if they did not earn the money demanded by the gang,' said a police spokesman. Investigators said Ibiza was chosen for the summer because of the high influx of tourists, with the gang totalling controlling the streets of the exclusive areas. They were kept in one apartment and only allowed out occasionally to buy food or to keep an appointment with a client. 'If they didn't earn 1,000 euros a day, they would be forced to kneel for hours and beaten with sticks and brooms,' said the spokesman. They were subjected to voodoo rituals and sworn to loyalty contracts under the threat of family members being killed. The women were smuggled into Europe on boats and planes and were only told their job offer was false when they arrived in Spain. They were then told they would have to pay up to 50,000 pounds to be freed and could do so through prostitution. Police said they took elaborate steps to avoid detection, often moving the women from house to house. The money earned from prostitution was sent to Nigeria via Madrid where a bar was used as the front.
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Posted: at 23-09-2016 04:25 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
anitajoseph at 23-09-2016 04:30 PM (7 years ago) (f)
OK
Posted: at 23-09-2016 04:30 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
christianity at 23-09-2016 06:00 PM (7 years ago) (m)
poster,point of correction,ibiza is an island and not a mainland in spain as u claimed.and the womena are 95% from edo state.but the fact reamians dat its not easy for any of them to make 1000€uros even in summer,cos there are also in competion with women from south american countries also selling the same market.
Posted: at 23-09-2016 06:00 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
osarobo62 at 23-09-2016 07:32 PM (7 years ago) (m)
it is sad that life in some Nigerian families has come to this......self inflicted slavery. i am not going to pretend that some would not be from Edo state. whether from Edo or elsewhere, it is disappointing, humiliating and shameful.
Posted: at 23-09-2016 07:32 PM (7 years ago) | Hero