A United
Kingdom court has finally sentenced two Nigerians for human trafficking, sexual
exploitation and money laundering offences.
A
statement from the Office of the British High Commission in Abuja said they
were jailed for eight and two years respectively, following a Home Office
investigation into the trafficking of Nigerian women into the UK for sexual
exploitation.
Lizzy
Idahosa, 24, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on November 7, after being
found guilty last month of trafficking women to and around the UK, inciting
prostitution and money laundering.
Her
partner, Jackson Omoruyi, 41, was also jailed after the jury had found him
guilty of two money laundering offences.
According
to the statement by the Head of Communications, British High Commission, Edward
Dunn, the investigation began after Home Office Immigration Enforcement
officers carried out an operation at the Ambassador Suite Massage Parlour, on
City Road, Cardiff, in June 2013.
A
Nigerian woman found there told officers she had been trafficked into the UK
several years previously by Idahosa and since then had been working in the sex
industry.
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