Whereas O.G.J is being charged with pimping G.E, M.F, P. A and B. N; That pursuant to the provision of article 533(22) of the Penal Code, pimping is an offence characterized by anyone by any means whatsoever: - Aiding, abetting or hiding someone else’s prostitution; - drawing profit from someone’s prostitution, sharing products thereof or receiving financial gains from some usually indulging in prostitution - employing, training, or abducting someone into becoming a sex worker or mounting pressure on her to become and keep on being a sex worker; That pursuant to this provision, the offence of pimping, to be established suggests one of the above-mentioned material and premeditation grounded in the conscious participation in someone’s prostitution; Whereas in the case at hand, the Accused O.G.J acknowledges that she spent CFA F 800,000 (eight hundred thousand) to get G. E, M.F, P.A and B.N to travel to Burkina Faso, where they were to work as waitresses and sex workers; that she also provided them with the material they used as sex workers particularly their dresses and shelter; that by so doing, she aided and abetted in committing prostitution; Whereas the Accused acknowledges she requested the reimbursement of CFA F 800,000 (eight hundred thousand) which she had spent for the transport of the victims; that they reimbursed this money with proceeds from prostitution; that the girls all agreed on the fact that she collected all their proceeds from prostitution and that each of them had to pay CFA F 1,200,000 (one million two hundred thousand) to regain their freedom; that in doing this, she enjoyed the benefits of another person’s prostitution as described in the article mentioned above; Whereas as examination of the cause shows that O.G.J employed G.E, M.F, P. A and B. N in her maquis “le lingot d’or” as waitresses and sex workers; that it is while they attended to customers that they booked appointment with them to indulge into prostitution

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