Nigerian Woman Bidemi Bello guilty Of Trafficking Charges

Jun 11, 2011 - 14:18
Jun 12, 2011 - 08:14
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Nigerian Woman Bidemi Bello guilty Of Trafficking Charges
Bidemi Bello (myfoxatlanta.com)

ATLANTA -- A federal jury has convicted a Nigerian woman accused of luring young women from her country to work in her Georgia home as nannies, then used them as mode-day slaves.

Bidemi Bello of Suwanee, Ga., was convicted on two counts each of forced labor, trafficking for forced labor and making false statements in an application to become a U.S. citizen, and one count each of document servitude and alien harboring.

During the week-long trial, federal prosecutors argued Bello offered to bring the women as nannies, telling them she would pay for their education in the U.S. Prosecutors said Bello verbally and physically abused the women. Both women eventually escaped.

Sentencing for Bello is set for Aug. 24. Voicemail and e-mail messages left with Bello's attoey were not immediately retued Saturday.

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