Woman convicted of forcing nannies into slavery in Georgia

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By Kelly Yamanouchi
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A woman was convicted on charges she imported two young women from Nigeria to serve as modern-day slaves in her upscale Suwanee and Sugar Hill homes.

Bidemi Bello, a 41-year-old Nigerian citizen, was convicted on two counts of forced labor, two counts of trafficking for forced labor, one count of alien harboring and two counts of making false statements in an application to become a U.S. citizen.

Bello was also convicted on one count of “document servitude,” for taking her victims’ passport and government documents to prevent them from leaving.

The federal jury returned the verdict late Friday night after a one-week trial and deliberations that lasted an hour and 10 minutes.

Bello physically abused and psychologically intimidated the women, according to a U.S. assistant attorney general.

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