Nigerian prostitution mob boss extradited to Italy

A Nigerian woman who fled Italy has been extradited to serve a 13-year sentence on convictions related to trafficking women for prostitution.

Joy Jeff, 48, played a key role in trafficking Nigerian women to Italy, Spain and the Netherlands from 2006-2007, exerting control through violence including threats against family members back home in Nigeria.

Jeff has been sought since 2010, and is one of the few women on Italy’s most dangerous fugitive list. She was arrested in Nigeria in 2022, and returned to Italy under a recently agreed extradition pact.