On 28th June, a news release from the NCA reported that a London-based nurse, Josephine Iyamu, 51, has been convicted of heading up a criminal network that subjected vulnerable Nigerian women to voodoo rituals before trafficking them to Europe and forcing them into sex work. Her conviction is the first successful prosecution of a British national for offences committed overseas under the Modern Slavery Act. She had denied trafficking 5 women from Nigeria to Germany and exploiting them for prostitution.
