Spanish police have rescued 39 women and girls smuggled in from Nigeria and trafficked into sex work by a notorious Nigerian gang.
Europol says the victims were kept in "squalid conditions in caves" and intimidated with voodoo threats.
Gang members forced the women into sex work in order to pay off a 30,000 euro ($37,000; £26,000) debt.
Eighty-nine people, including a famous but as yet unnamed Nigerian DJ, have been arrested.
The DJ is said to have helped move victims to Spain and organise sexual exploitation across the country.
He was caught flying back into Spain after recording a music video.
Investigations began when an underage victim filed a complaint with the police, saying she had been pressured into trafficking by voodoo threats made in Nigeria.
Along with other victims, the girl was transferred from Nigeria to Spain via Libya and Italy.
The operation, which was carried out with police from the UK and Nigeria, is one of the biggest trafficking busts in Europe, says Europol.
Source: BBC
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Oh my Gosh, it hurts to read such stories everyday. When will our people back home in Africa will have a different mindset tuned to implementing wonderful ideas that will solve problems facing people to create jobs and have money chase them instead of allowing themselves to be shipped into "SHITHOLES" in Europe and America like this very one that happened in Spain? Lord Save Africa.
Nigerians seriously are they cursed? It seems it is very difficult for them to do 'clean' business. I just can not understand these Nigerian people. Any thing that will bring them money whether good or bad they are ready to do. God save Ghana from these bunch of fraudsters and ***barred word*** of the highest order.