in the venue indicated by the accused; that she
equally retrieved their personal documents to make
sure they do not run away; that in this case
employing and mounting pressure to indulge in
prostitution is clearly characterized;
That all these material evidence of the
pimping offence are provided for in the abovementioned article;
Whereas besides, the accused had full
knowledge of how illegal and disgraceful her
action is, considering that as she stated, she had
called at first to make sure her fellow citizens
mentioned above were coming to Burkina Faso to
become sex workers before paying for their
transport, and that her sole intention was to get
them into prostitution and draw the maximum
profit thereof; that it makes no sense to wire CFA F
800,000 (eight hundred thousand) for each girl,
who according to the Accused consented to
become sex workers, unless for profit; that the
denial of the accused is just a vain means to escape
punishment, which would rather be logical for her
action;
That to the benefit of what has been said, it
would be proper to find the accused O.G.J,
guilty of charges of pimping in flagrant delicto,
and sentence her.
2. Sentence
Whereas pursuant of the provisions of article
533(22), in fine of the Penal Code, pimping is an
offence punishable with three to ten years’
imprisonment and a CFA F 1,000,000 (one
million) to CFA F 6,000,000 (six millions); that
article 211(1) thereof provides for the judge to
administer a mixed sentence, that is, imprisonment
or fine with part being a suspended sentence;
Whereas as it is, the charges levied against
the accused are extremely serious; that she forced
young minor girls to work for her sex workers by
making them believe they were coming to work as
waitresses in her maquis Burkina Faso; that to
prevent anyone from escaping, she collected their
identification documents; that although she is a
first-time offender, facts of the suit are glaring
evidence of how dangerous a person she is; that to
stop her from harming any other person and deter
her from indulging into such practices again, it
would be appropriate to pronounce a 6 (six) years
of imprisonment of which 3 (three) years of actual
imprisonment and 3 (three) years of suspended