She was one of the most wanted people by the Italian police. A 48-year-old Nigerian, “Jeff Joy”, was extradited from Abuja. She arrived, handcuffed, in Rome, at Ciampino airport, Wednesday, March 8. Considered one of the main figures of what the Italian authorities describe as ” nigerian mafia she is accused of being one of the heads of a vast network of prostitution.
“Jeff Joy”, real name Omoruy Chrity, also nicknamed “Mommy”, herself a former prostitute, played a leading role in organizing trafficking aimed at bringing young women from Nigeria, according to Italian police . This by paying them their plane tickets to prostitute them in Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.
According to the investigators, these women had to prostitution sometimes under duresssuffering threats of violence or the use of witchcraft against them or their relatives who remained in Nigeria.
Wanted for 13 years, “Jeff Joy” was arrested in Nigeria nine months ago, on June 4, by the Nigerian intelligence services.
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His extradition is the first of its kind between the two countries, since an extradition treaty entered into force in 2020. It was made possible by a decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja, confirmed by the Nigerian political authorities , then formalized during a meeting on February 10 between the Nigerian Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami and the Italian Ambassador Stefano De Leo.
In Italy, where she was tried and sentenced in absentia, ” Jeff Joy “, must serve a sentence of 13 years in prison.
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