Trieste, Italy - Police in Italy have arrested 11 Nigerians suspected of running a prostitution ring in which dozens of women from Nigeria were brought to Italy illegally, news reports said Thursday.
The suspects were picked up in several north-eastern cities including Venice, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, Bergamo and Trieste, from where the investigation began, the ANSA news agency reported.
Police were acting on a tip-off from authorities in neighbouring Slovenia, who had discovered several Nigerian nationals in possession of forged documents.