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| Franca Asemota |
Franca Asemota, known to her victims as ‘Auntie Franca’, used Heathrow as a hub to traffic, at least, 40 children and young adults into Europe, a jury was told.
It was also claimed that Franca and her gang managedto snatch back two girls who had been rescued and putin foster care in Worthing, East Sussex.
She is accused of luring mainly orphans from remote Nigerian villages with the promise of jobs and education.
But the 38-year-old would then use witchcraft, threats, rituals and sexual violence to ensure they did as they were told before being sold to the sex industry in Europe, it was said.
The trafficking first came to light when Border Agency officials stopped two groups, one in September and one in November 2011, travelling on false passports, Isleworth Crown Court heard.
Although she was not arrested at the time, Asemota’s ticket had been booked at the same time with a travel agent in Lagos, and she sat next to the group on the plane.
According to Mailonline, investigators then linked Asemota to six other ‘successful trafficking trips’ and the kidnapping of two girls who had been placed in foster care.
The two girls were spirited out of the country to Spain but one girl’s fake passport was spotted and she was returned back to Britain.This allowed investigators to trace Asemota to Nigeria from where she was deported to face trial.Wearing a pink jumper with her hair tied back, she weptin the dock as Paul Cabin outlined the prosecution’s case.
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