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Two Nigerians held in Italy in human trafficking sting

Posted By: Doraiah Vundavally June 8, 2017

Two Nigerians held in Italy in human trafficking stingRome, June 8 (IANS/AKI) Police said they detained two persons in Italy's central Tuscany region on Thursday and moved to arrest several other suspects in a nationwide sting operation against a Nigerian-led human trafficking gang.

A Nigerian man and a Nigerian woman living in the town of Pescia in the province of Pistoia were arrested as part of the operation.

Suspects were also being held in the western island region of Sardinia's capital, Cagliari, in Pescara in the eastern Abruzzo region, in the central Umbria region and in the southern port city of Reggio Calabria in the Calabria region, said police.

 

The suspects targeted by the operation belong to a "dangerous" gang headquartered in Nigeria and with bases in Italy and elsewhere in Europe that trafficked migrants from Africa and ran a prostitution racket, police said.

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Two Nigerians held in Italy in human trafficking sting

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