Sold for sex on her journey to Europe 02:25
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Police arrested 11 members of an organized group operating across Europe
Thousands of women and girls from Nigeria have become victims of trafficking

(CNN)Sixteen Nigerian women are safe after they were threatened with death and tricked to work as prostitutes in return for passage to Spain, the European Union's law enforcement agency said Thursday.

Eleven people were arrested in Zaragoza, Spain, in connection with the trafficking plot, Europol said, adding that their criminal network operated mainly in Spain, Italy, Germany and Denmark.

The women reflect a recent wave of Nigerians who have headed to Europe from Benin City, where poverty and traditional witchcraft suffocate opportunity. The journey can be fraught for women and girls, who face a particular risk of exploitation, experts say.

Main migration routes from Nigeria to Europe
Promised a better life in Spain, the 16 women were moved by land from Nigeria to Libya, then to Italy by sea, and from there into Spain, Europol said.

"Once on the Spanish territory they were handed over to a madam and forced into prostitution until they paid off their debt," the agency said.

Voodoo threats leveled by traffickers

The women also were pressured under voodoo threats to pledge to pay for their transport and not to report their exploiters to police, Europol said.

"This method, used by criminal organizations with women from Western Africa, aims to control women under threat of death for them or their family members if they do not comply with that commitment," the agency said.

In some cases, traffickers can control their victims using phone contact alone, Europol said.
Women and girls at risk for exploitation

The number of potential sex-trafficking victims arriving in Italy by sea has increased 600% since 2014, with the majority of victims arriving from Nigeria, a July report by the International Organization for Migration estimates.

Eighty percent of all women and girls arriving from Nigeria to Europe are potential victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, the group estimates, noting that exploitation of younger girls has been on the rise.

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Is their toto in tact, hope they returned with their virginity, if not we can't take it?

First to comment, on behalf of all my fans i say thanks.

All the haters, thunder fire una.

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Yes

i wonder why Edo people like "abroad" so much?

Lesson to d slay babes

name checker over to you!!!

Alright

You guys better come back home, there is no place like home

Buhari

rubbish this is just an effort to tarnish my lovely Edo State image


I'm from Edo I live in Los Angeles and I'm not a prostitute

If I say E, you say do
E, do
E, do.





My Edo ladies, i hail una ooo

ihatebuhari:
rubbish this is just an effort to tarnish my lovely Edo State image


I'm from Edo I love in Los Angeles and I'm not a prostitute

But nobody called u a prostitute

Edo galz

I Still Blame BUHARI #BackToDaura2019

Comeandcollect:
Is their toto in tact?.

First to comment, on behalf of all my fans i say thanks.

All the haters, thunder fire una.

No atom of sense left upstairs @ all

na wa..blame obaseki

Sold for Sex as a Sex Doll?

Edo enroute to Italo since 17 BC.
Modern mechanized slave trade
When Edo men and and women go get sense?

I pity the unfortunate guys that would eventually continue to re-dig the widely dug boreholes. If you know, you know.

Jesse01:
edo gals are all cheap bitches over d world every body knows dis dere job is to traffic gal 4 postitution abroad so wat da fvck are u saying?

I don't have your time kid

Kudos

ihatebuhari:
I don't have your time kid

dont mind him.

JG

Sometimes these girls willingly want to go do sex trade

Too Bad

Comeandcollect:
Is their toto in tact, hope they returned with their virginity, if not we can't take it?

First to comment, on behalf of all my fans i say thanks.

All the haters, thunder fire una.

Hmm

U must have been one those kids that will put pant and boxer in their school bags and call it textbook