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Police rescue 33 West Africans from scam that promised jobs in Canada

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Police raids have rescued 33 West Africans from a human trafficking ring in Ivory Coast .

Victims paid as much as $9,000 to supposed recruiters who instead trafficked them to the city of Abidjan .

Victims were forced to help scam others with the same promise of finding a job abroad.

The scheme first came to light when the father of two victims came forward to Ghanaian authorities.

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