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Forced Labor in Florence (2021)

A forced labor case from 2021 in Florence, Italy. 1 source on file.

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Sex Trafficking2009

Marche, Italy, 2009

Italy IT

The arrests follow a police bust of a drug trafficking network in April, in which drugs were smuggled from Madrid in Spain to the Italian regions of Piedmont and Marche by using drug 'mules', who were often the women forced into protitution. The suspects were arrested.

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Sex Trafficking2009

Roma, Italy, 2009

Italy IT

A group of 34 suspects, mainly Nigerian citizens accused of trafficking women for sex. Two Italian doctors conducting forced abortions. http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE55N0FK20090624 http://www.agi.it/italy/news/200906240942-cro-ren0006-human_trafficking_police_blitz_30_arrested_2_doctors

2 sourcesArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2014

Rome, Italy, 2014

Italy IT

After an investigation that began in 2011, Italian Carabinieri arrested 34 people for mafia association over Nigerian gangs in Rome that forced very young women into prostitution. The women were bound by debts that grew from €12,000 to €70,000 and controlled through intimidation, threats of physical punishment and voodoo rituals.

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