Landmark case sees jail sentences increased for forced prostitution after 'voodoo ceremony'

On 20 February 2023 the Court of Appeal in Dublin increased the custodial sentences imposed on two Nigerian nationals, Alicia Edosa and Edith Enoghaghase, who had been convicted of human‑trafficking offences at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court in June 2021. The original convictions stemmed from allegations that between 2016 and 2018 the defendants organised the transport of women from Nigeria to Ireland, where they…