Sex trafficking
The story behind 'Oloture', Nigeria's Netflix sex-trafficking drama
As a freelance reporter with a burning desire to uncover the truth about a sordid backstreet trade, Tobore Ovuorie dressed as streetwalker to infiltrate a...
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Court dismisses Timothy Omotoso's latest bail application
The Port Elizabeth High Court found that the defence had not put forward any exceptional circumstances to warrant granting Timothy Omotoso bail.
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Pastor Omotoso’s bail application resumes in PE court
Televangelist Timothy Omotoso has been behind bars since April 2017 and has tried to get bail on several occasions.
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Pastor Omotoso, accused of rape and sex trafficking, to apply for bail in PE
Pastor Timothy Omotoso has been behind bars since his arrest at the Port Elizabeth International Airport in 2017.
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Omotoso trafficking trial unlikely to resume today due to lockdown
Last month, proceedings in the Port Elizabeth High Court were also postponed as the country was under level 5 lockdown restrictions.
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Omotoso sex trafficking trial postponed as State changes prosecutor
The State is changing prosecutors and therefore the matter has been postponed to April.
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Second witness in Omotoso sex trafficking trial takes the stand
The Nigerian televangelist and two women face a string of charges including rape, human trafficking and racketeering in the Port Elizabeth High Court.
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UK police defend decision not to launch Epstein probe
American Virginia Roberts, now Giuffre, has alleged Epstein - who was found dead in a US prison in August - trafficked her to Britain then to have sex with Prince Andrew.
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Singer R. Kelly pleads not guilty to New York sex trafficking charges
One of Robert Kelly’s lawyers, Douglas Anton, entered the plea to charges of racketeering and sex trafficking before Magistrate Judge Steven Tiscione in federal court in Brooklyn.
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Omotoso’s sex trafficking trial postponed
The Nigerian televangelist and two women appeared in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Friday after the trial started afresh before a new judge on Monday.
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Court rules Timothy Omotoso charges ‘not vague’
The defence wanted the court to compel the State to provide more information on the charges, arguing they were vague.
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Sex traffickers hold 20,000 Nigerian women, girls in Mali - agency
The women and girls, most aged 16-30, had been told they would be taken to Malaysia to work in hospitality but instead were forced into prostitution.
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Sex trafficking case against Timothy Omotoso postponed to February
Defence lawyer Peter Daubermann says the Supreme Court of Appeal has yet to make a ruling on two applications and he's therefore asked for a postponement.
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Bathabile Dlamini: Trial mustn't cause secondary trauma for rape victims
The Minister for Women in the Presidency on Monday attended proceedings against Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso, who has been accused of sex trafficking and rape.
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Black magic ban dents sex trafficking in Nigeria
During a ceremony in March, Oba Ewuare II, leader of the historic kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria, invoked curses on anyone who used witchcraft to aid illegal migration.
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Traffickers plot to sell Nigerians for sex at Russia's World Cup
Officials in Nigeria said they had intelligence showing plans were well underway to traffic local women into Russia for the football tournament.
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Smallville actress charged with aiding sex trafficking operation
Allison Mack is accused of helping Keith Raniere to recruit women who were then exploited 'both sexually and for their labour'.
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Sex trafficking case against Timothy Omotoso postponed
The Nigerian televangelist was arrested at Port Elizabeth International Airport, almost a year ago, on charges of trafficking more than 30 girls and women.
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Trial date set for Nigerian pastor accused of sex trafficking
Timothy Omotoso faces numerous charges, including rape, sexual assault, fraud and for being in the country illegally.
