Osolase preyed on poverty stricken Nigerianorphan. He tricked them into travelling to the
UK
with the promise of better life.But he treated them as commodities, attempting to send them to mainland Europe to be sexually assaulted by gangs. Osolase usedWest African witchcraft rituals to terrorize his victims, one of whom was just14. Sentencing him to 20 years, the judge said he was devoid of conscience andcompassion.
International election observers havedelivered a stinging criticism of the parliamentary election in
Ukraine
sayingthey were marred by corruption and abuses of power. With over half of the votescounted in Sunday's poll, President Viktor Yanukovych's governing party said ithad secured a majority. The head of the OICE observer mission, WalburgaHabsburg Douglas said democratic progress in the country had been reversed.
The 28th October parliamentary electionswere characterised by the lack of a level playing field caused primarily by theabuse of administrative resources, lack of transparency of campaign and partyfinancing and lack of balance media coverage.
A former minister has gone on trial in
Argentina
overthe discovery of large amounts of cash in her office bathroom. The formereconomy minister, Felisa Miceli quit her post five years ago, after policefound a paper bag containing $64,000 inher office suite. At the time Ms. Miceli said the money was left there by herbrother to buy a property.