Whereas in this case, P. F is accused of having ordered EPKO Rosemary Akrassi to traffic in the minors D, S. E, M.A and U.M; That according to article 511-2, the recruitment, transport, transfer, accommodation or reception of a minor for commercial purposes constitutes the offence of human trafficking; that according to paragraph 2 of article 511-1, exploitation may include the exploitation of the prostitution of others; that it emerges from the documents in the case file and the debates at the hearing that EPKO Rosemary transported the minors D, S. E, M.A and U.M from Nigeria to Burkina Faso prior to engaging them in prostitution; that she was also convicted of the acts of human trafficking by the court as part of previous proceedings; that the main offence of complicity committed by a third person is thus established; Whereas from the investigation at the hearing, it emerges that the accused practices prostitution in Ouahigouya; that she contacted a person in Nigeria to entrust girls to EPKO Rosemary Akrassi to transport them from Nigeria to Burkina Faso; that the accused acknowledges having sent the sum of CFAF 100,000 (one hundred thousand) to EPKO Rosemary Akrassi to pay the transport costs of the girls from Nigeria to Burkina Faso; that she was to receive them in her home, in view of placing them in a prostitution network; that it is obvious that the order to bring the above-mentioned minors emanates from the accused; that this order constitutes the material act of complicity required by article 131-4; That the intention of complicity is established, especially as the accused, together with EPKO Rosemary Akrassi, used a ploy to recruit the girls by telling them that they had to work in a restaurant; That in view of the above, all the elements of complicity in human trafficking are present; that the accused must be maintained in connection with the offence of complicity in human trafficking, be found guilty of it and be convicted; B) Sentence Whereas according to article 131*5, accomplices to a crime or offence are punished as the perpetrators of the crime or offence unless the law provides otherwise; whereas article 511-4 of the memo code states that the guilty party to human trafficking is liable to 5 (five) to 10 (ten) years’ prison term and

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