Benin: An employer detains his employee with a charlatan for theft

The Cotonou court examined a case of violence and detention involving a Nigerian trader who held his employee accused of theft with a charlatan in Porto-Novo. The victim claimed three million CFA francs in damages, while the prosecution requested a thirty-six-month prison sentence for the trader. The trader admitted to taking his employee to the charlatan, believing the ritual posed no danger. The prosecution contested the defense, arguing that the acts constituted criminal offenses.