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A woman and her children have been sentenced to 38 years imprisonment on Monday by the Benin High Court , Edo State ,for trafficking a 19 -year -old girl to Russia for sexual exploitation.
The children , Mr Endurance Ehiozee, 37 , and Miss Vivian Ehiozee, 31 , bagged 14 years ’ each without option of fine, while their mother , Mrs Helen Ehioze , was sentenced to 10 years ’ imprisonment .
The presiding judge , Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo , convicted them having found them guilty of the offences which contravened sections 15 and 16 of the Trafficking in Person Prohibition Law , Enforcement and Administration Act 2003 as amended in 2005.
The prosecutor , Mrs Rosemary Emodogo , said sections 15 and 16 deal with procurement of victims for prostitution and trafficking in persons.
It was gathered that the teenager ( name withheld ) was trafficked to Russia in 2012 when she was 19 , but the case in court started in 2017 .
The victim is now 27 .
Citing that the convicts were first offenders and had no prior criminal record for the convicts ,Counsel Mr . J . Omigie ,pleaded with the court for a lenient sentence .
Fatimah Oyesanmi
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