In a testament to the shambolic state of Ireland’s immigration control and the dexterousness of open borders policies two Nigerian women have become the first people in Ireland to be convicted of human trafficking for the prostitution ring they ran out of the midlands.
Follow a one and half month trial at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court in June Alicia Edosa (45) and Edith Enoghaghase (31), both living in Mullingar, were both found guilty of two counts of trafficking women around Ireland on dates between September 2016 and June 2018, reports RTE.
According to the national broadcaster, the Nigerian women were also convicted of a single charge of organizing prostitution as well as a series of money laundering offences while Enoghaghase’s husband, Omonuwa Desmond Osaighbovo, was also convicted of four related money laundering offences.
RTE reports that Séamus Clarke, acting on behalf of Enoghaghase, pleaded for leniency as she is a mother of three young children.
Judge Comerford sentenced Enoghaghase to five years and one month in prison for the same offences backdated to her conviction on June 10, 2021 while Edosa received five years and eight months in prison backdated to April 14, 2019, when she was first placed in custody for convictions under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008, reports the national broadcaster.
Judge Comerford also sentenced the Nigerian organized crime gang women to 16 months in prison for the prostitution conviction and 20 months for the money laundering offences to run concurrently, reports RTE.
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