“Are you aware that 3,287 people are sold or kidnapped and forced into slavery every day? “ Sex trafficking is a current form of slavery that take men, women and children against their will and force them to perform sexual favors for the benefit of others. Sex trafficking exist globally and has been around for thousands of years and the traffickers use a variety of ways to lure then force the victims into trafficking. Traffickers can sometimes begin as a love interest, slowly begin to abuse their partners then force them into the sex ring. Some are promised a job of acting, modelling, dancing or are given promises to be flown out to work at a store in another country. Family members may force their own relative(s) into trafficking and others
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Madams and pimps use different ways to keep their victims inside sex trafficking. Often the traffickers will use voodoo on the victims to lure them into other prostitution. Traffickers will mentally and physically abuse their victims, convincing them that they’ll never return home or sex trafficking is all that they’re good for. Besides that traffickers will leave their victims with lifetime scars. Many sex trafficking victims contract various sexually transmitted diseases. “"Our investigation shows that 40 percent of trafficked girls repatriated to Nigeria test positive to HIV and this has serious social and economic implications," Not only do they contract diseases that will be with them for life but they also return home pregnant. These females are in poverty and some return to no family which terrifies them and wonder how they’ll take care of themselves and a child. In some cases these females don’t have many other options but to return to prostitution to …show more content…
Because they mainly come from one particular area poverty must be at a high in Benin, and the police aren’t properly handling the sex trafficking within that area. Although Nigeria has tried to improve their sex trafficking laws, the authority in Nigeria needs to improve as well unfortunately some police are paid hush money by sex traffickers which is another reason it continues on till this day. What the Nigerian families living in America with loved ones still in Nigeria need to know is , please inform your loved ones on the truth of sex trafficking in Nigeria. They need to know about the false acting, singing, modelling and dancing jobs, please check the background of the recruiters. Especially anyone that lives In Edo state, be careful of men AND women trying to offer you jobs in Europe. Although there are some young women who have no education and need money to survive, try to guide them into other options besides taking unusual
Madams and pimps use different ways to keep their victims inside sex trafficking. Often the traffickers will use voodoo on the victims to lure them into other prostitution. Traffickers will mentally and physically abuse their victims, convincing them that they’ll never return home or sex trafficking is all that they’re good for. Besides that traffickers will leave their victims with lifetime scars. Many sex trafficking victims contract various sexually transmitted diseases. “"Our investigation shows that 40 percent of trafficked girls repatriated to Nigeria test positive to HIV and this has serious social and economic implications," Not only do they contract diseases that will be with them for life but they also return home pregnant. These females are in poverty and some return to no family which terrifies them and wonder how they’ll take care of themselves and a child. In some cases these females don’t have many other options but to return to prostitution to …show more content…
Because they mainly come from one particular area poverty must be at a high in Benin, and the police aren’t properly handling the sex trafficking within that area. Although Nigeria has tried to improve their sex trafficking laws, the authority in Nigeria needs to improve as well unfortunately some police are paid hush money by sex traffickers which is another reason it continues on till this day. What the Nigerian families living in America with loved ones still in Nigeria need to know is , please inform your loved ones on the truth of sex trafficking in Nigeria. They need to know about the false acting, singing, modelling and dancing jobs, please check the background of the recruiters. Especially anyone that lives In Edo state, be careful of men AND women trying to offer you jobs in Europe. Although there are some young women who have no education and need money to survive, try to guide them into other options besides taking unusual