A Nigerian woman on the list of the “100 most dangerous and wanted fugitives in the world” has been extradited to Italy to serve a 13-year prison sentence for “criminal conspiracy, enslavement, human trafficking, and exploitation of prostitution.”
After years on an Italian wanted list, the 48-year-old fugitive, identified as Jeff Joy, was extradited from Abuja to Italy.
Joy, a prominent figure in the Nigerian mafia, was in charge of receiving potential Nigerian victims upon their arrival in Italy and managing their operations as they settled in the country.
“The investigations by the Ancona policemen date back to 2007 when the woman held an important role in the management of the prostitution business between Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, characterized by violence and threats also against the families of girls in Nigeria,” the Italian National Police said in a statement on Wednesday, March 8.
The criminal is one of the few women on the list of 100 dangerous fugitives compiled by the Central Directorate of Criminal Police’s integrated joint group for the search for fugitives.
Her extradition is the first provision of the extradition treaty signed between Italy and Nigeria in 2020, and it was made possible by the collaboration of the Nigerian judiciary, the Italian ambassador in Nigeria, and the Italian Ministry of Justice.
“Following an investigation by officials of the International Police Cooperation Service (SCIP) in the African country and the issuance of a red notice in 2010, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigerian intelligence service, managed to track down and arrest the woman on June 4, 2022.”
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Soniavoke: I don’t think 13 years is enough these people have damaged a lot of lives
Desmonddevilliers: They need to arrest those running the syndicate in Dubai too
Iamkizito__leo: Hand don touch am she con Dey do like person wey wan die under 5secs !!!
Thank she was apprehended, atleast thousands of gurls remitting money to her money will be set free. God is not asleep
Herdione_dionisa: Why always Nigerians
Only.esther_: Nigerians home and abroad 👏please stop dragging our name to the mud…. Everytime Nigerians!!!! Shuuuu
The.rustyjem: Lol, like the US or UK would let you arrest any of their citizens and ship them from their country to yours. Nigerians need to wise up sha 😂
She’ll enjoy too much in that prison in Italy. Send her to kirikiri, let her look for good food.
