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Trafficking in Women from Nigeria to Europe

Document number
2118
Date
2005
Title
Trafficking in Women from Nigeria to Europe
Author/publisher
Jørgen Carling, Migration Information Source
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Media/News,
Keywords
Sex tourism, Pornography, Domestic violence, Prostitution, Rape, Sexual harassment, Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution,
Summary
"...The Western European prostitution market has become increasingly globalized during the past 15 years. The processes by which Eastern European, Southeast Asian, Latin American, and Sub Saharan African women end up as sex workers in Western Europe are highly varied. The largest group of prostitutes from Sub-Saharan Africa comes from Nigeria, and they are usually recruited through a specific type of trafficking network..." The entire article can be found here.
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