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Human Trafficking: Court orders the extradition of Nigerian fugitive, Franca Asemota, to the UK

written by Samuel Etuk January 14, 2016
Human Trafficking: Court orders the extradition of Nigerian fugitive, Franca Asemota, to the UK
Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, January 13, ordered the extradition of Franca Asemota, a Nigerian fugitive to the United Kingdom for offences bordering on trafficking of minors. The court gave the consent to her extradition through the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF).Franca Asemota
The  Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) arrested Franca Asemota, 36, in Benin City, on Wednesday March 24, 2015 on suspicion of money laundering offences.
Following liaison with the NCA her fingerprints were checked with UK records and her identity was established. She was additionally arrested to face extradition.

Asemota is wanted in the UK for allegedly being an organiser in a network which trafficked young women, mainly under 18 and from remote Nigerian rural villages, into Europe using London’s Heathrow Airport as a transit hub.

Investigators believe the girls would be promised education and training in France, but were later told they would have to work as prostitutes.

Asemota is accused of accompanying around 40 victims on eight separate flights between August 2011 and May 2012. A European Arrest Warrant (EAW) was issued for her when she was thought to be in Italy, but NCA officers later tracked her down to Nigeria.

The investigation into the trafficking network, codenamed Operation Hudson, is led by Home Office Immigration Enforcement criminal investigators and supported by the NCA.

Hank Cole, head of International Operations for the NCA, said:

“Asemota’s arrest was the result of exceptional collaboration and close working with our partners at home and in Nigeria.

“She is wanted on suspicion of serious offences in the UK and we will now seek her extradition so she can be put before the courts here.

“This operation demonstrates the NCA’s global reach and our determination to track down those wanted by law enforcement in the UK, no matter where in the world they are.”

Operation Hudson has already secured the conviction of two men involved in the trafficking network.

In March 2013 Odosa Usiobaifo of Enfield, London, was jailed for 14 years for his role in the trafficking of 14 and 15-year-old girls whom he put on flights to Spain from London.

The following October David Osawaru, from Benin City, Nigeria, was sentenced to nine years for chaperoning two Nigerian women in transit from Lagos to Prague. He was arrested by Border Force officers at Heathrow.

Seven alleged members of the ring were also arrested in the Spanish cities of Madrid and Lérida in September 2013.

When the case came up on Monday, January 11, 2016, Asemota’s counsel, Ugochukwu Ezekiel, prayed the court to grant his client bail to enable her seek medical attention as she had spent almost a year in custody.
Akuta Ukeyima from the office of the AGF, however, opposed the application saying that, it would be better to ask for a short date for ruling on the substantive matter.
Consequently, Justice Kafarati adjourned to Wednesday, January 13 for ruling
At the resumed sitting, Justice Kafarati granted the extradition request and ordered that the accused be extradited to the United Kingdom to face trial for the charges filed against her.

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