Wednesday 6 May 2015

Pitiable state of Nigerian sex workers in Europe

Nigeria women are being trafficked to Italy for a better life..but often end up working the streets as prostitutes.
Traffickers demand on average more than 50,000 euros (US $60,000) for travel expenses and accommodation, with the women having to work as prostitutes until their debts are paid off. see details and more photos....

As Claudio Magnabosco, former official of the European Parliament, explained: 'The women are still coming: they are younger than ever and arrive here with massive debts to pay off. 
'They are forced into prostitution and are now increasingly reinventing themselves as madams or working for the traffickers, also trafficking men, children for adoptions and organs and drug dealing.
'These are the activities of the powerful Nigerian mafia, which is also involved in arms dealing. What has changed is that the madams are now less violent towards the girls, having understood that if they mistreat them the girls run away: the girls forced into the sex industry now get to keep a little of the money they earn and this makes their lives a little bit more tolerable.
Eighty per cent of women trafficked to Italy come from Benin City, Edo State, in south Nigeria.
Credits to Elena Pelino (Photographer)...






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