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November 2019: 23 people involved in a vast network of prostitution must know the verdict in their trial. The maximum sentence is 10 years in prison. ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP

It is this Friday, November 29 that the 23 members involved in a vast network of prostitution will know their judgment. They are accused of having brought dozens of young Nigerians to France before forcing them to prostitute themselves to repay their travel debt, an average of 30,000 euros. Since the crackdown two years ago, Nigerian prostitutes have become rare in the streets of the industrial district of Gerland, Lyon. However, the activity is still important because several other nationalities are present. Reportage.

special correspondent in Lyon,

Among the nationalities represented, Romanians, Equatorial Guineans or Dominicans.

Jerome is nicknamed "the hood". For 15 years, he has been selling condoms to prostitutes and is therefore very familiar with this environment. According to him, the arrest of this network still had repercussions on the ground. He tells us.

In Lyon, despite the disappearance of the prostitution network of Nigerians, prostitution has not left the streets of the Gerland district. RFI / Pierre Olivier