Spanish police have arrested 23 people suspected of trafficking Nigerian women into the country and forcing them into prostitution by using voodoo curses...

The traffickers allegedly supplied women for the sex trade across Europe. Earlier this month, 11 people went on trial in the Netherlands accused of using voodoo to force up to 150 Nigerian women and girls into prostitution in Europe..

The suspects had carried out "voodoo rituals and black magic to frighten the women and keep them always under control with the threat of 'destroying their souls' or 'making them crazy'", they added.
They were then transported by road to Libya before being smuggled into Italy by boat. The women were hidden in flats while the traffickers had created false identification documents before being sent elsewhere in Europe.BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Spain holds 'voodoo' traffickers
Some points arising;

  • The EU has failed to get a grip on illegal immigration and has no real plan for safeguarding europe from it.
  • The legality of "voodoo" in Europe is not a wise idea. It is not "cultural expression".
  • "Sex work" and associated business are not "victimless crimes", people on p.ie who claim that should be shunned and ridiculed.
  • Europeans do not have a responsibility to care for those transported here as sex slaves, to do so turns europe into even more of a magnet.