A sex trafficking case from 2024 in Lagos, Nigeria. 1 source on file.
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Young women from Edo and Delta states recruited with false promises of European employment. Subjected to juju oath rituals before being trafficked through Libya. Accused: Nigerian trafficking madam with Libyan route facilitators.
NAPTIP (National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking). Madam convicted; sentence of 14 years. WOTCLEF and Idia Renaissance.
Nigeria
Young women and girls from Edo State are systematically recruited with false job promises and trafficked through Libya to Europe for sexual exploitation, controlled through debt bondage and traditional oath-taking rituals. Accused: Trafficking networks operating recruitment pipelines from Edo State through Libya.
Nigeria NG
311 children were intercepted in Lagos from other countries, many of whom came in through towns along Nigeria's border. Of these, 250 were from Benin, 67 from Togo, 12 from Ghana, 4 from Cameroon, and 3 from Congo. The children were sold as domestic servants and prostitutes for Nigerian brothels. More information: http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/living/2009/aug/22/living-22-08-2009-002.htm
Nigeria NG
A group of 74 Beninese children ranging from 4 to 17 years old were trafficked to Nigeria and worked in the rock quarries at Abeokuta. For more information: http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Benin.htm