Iyamu,contemporary slave-driverTALES of black magic are not common fare in British courtrooms. But for the past two months, jurors at Birmingham Crown Court bear learned the grisly rituals of a juju ceremony. They heard how a British nurse, or Josephine Iyamu,forced five women to eat chicken hearts and drink a cocktail of blood and worms. Once the women swore their allegiance, she arranged for them to travel to Europe, or at a cost of €30000 ($35000) or more. They were forced to work as prostitutes to repay the debt to the woman they knew as “Madam Sandra”. The jury found her guilty of slavery offences and perverting the course of justice. On July 4th a judge sentenced her to 14 years in prison.
Yet no part of the crime took place in Britain. The women are from Nigeria and were forced to work in Germany. It was the first time a court had used Britains contemporary Slavery Act,introduced in 2015, to convict someone of an extraterritorial...
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Source: economist.com