Nigerian
women are being trafficked to Italy under the pretence that they will be
working as nannies or in factories – but often end up working the
streets as prostitutes.
Their
plight has been highlighted by Paris-based photographer Elena Perlino,
originally from Italy, who began to notice the presence of young African
women working on the streets during her commutes from Turin.
She
said: 'I decided to start from this surreal vision to tell a story. I
have been working on the topic for several years, focusing mainly on the
Italian connection.' Continue...
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| Police control find a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute in the outskirt of Turin
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Perlino
reveals that many Nigerian women come to Italy hoping to make enough
money from honest work as nannies or factory workers to support their
families back home, but are tricked by traffickers into working in the
sex trade.
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| A Nigerian called Faith having a blood test at the Amedeo di Savoia Hospital in Turin |
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| Nigerian woman Fatima shows the scars on her body due to vicious
fighting with collegues working as prostitutes in the outskirts of
Acerra |
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| Nigerian women in a Catholic shelter for victims of trafficking |
Eighty per cent of women trafficked to Italy come from Benin City, Edo State, in south Nigeria.
The photographer explained: ‘My work attempts to show a complex phenomenon that crosses Italy from North to South.
‘This
involves many cities including Turin, Milan, Genoa, Rome, Naples and
Palermo and thousands of Nigerian and Italian people.’
The
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Nigeria among the top
eight countries with the highest human trafficking rates in the world.
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| A Nigerian in Italy waits for a client in the countryside during the winter season |
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| A Nigerian in Italy waits for a client in the countryside during the winter season |
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| A Nigerian woman in a temporary detention centre |
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| Italian police review the documents of a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute
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| A Nigerian woman, working as a prostitute in the countryside, is taken
to a police station because she was found without a passport |
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| This photograph shows a Nigerian woman waiting for a client in the summer season |
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| A Nigerian woman commuting between Turin and Milan on the 4am train
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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.
Eighty per cent of women trafficked to Italy come from Benin City, Edo State, in south Nigeria.
The photographer explained: ‘My work attempts to show a complex phenomenon that crosses Italy from North to South.
‘This
involves many cities including Turin, Milan, Genoa, Rome, Naples and
Palermo and thousands of Nigerian and Italian people.’
The
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Nigeria among the top
eight countries with the highest human trafficking rates in the world.
Culled from UK Daily Mail
122 comments:
So you straight guys, pay money to have sex with this THINGS, GOD FORBID. #gay anonymous#
Ashawo of life.
This is not funny at all.hmmm on top sun that one the wait for client. Lol
Nawaooooooo
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In this day and age, with all the awareness and the technology, how can anyone still claim that they were 'tricked" into prostitution when these girls are the ones begging the so-called madam to sponsor them? They need to stop lying. I am against human trafficking, but these girls need to quit it with the lies!
This is wat i alwys scream abt, dat no one can be trusted to grant u a gud life outside ur fatherland (Nigeria). I tot our ladies wuld av bin a lot wiser since dey av also bin hrin of stories of dis nature. Dey shuld not make demslvs victims of dis ugly circumstance
They are all looking so hungry and unfed. Wat a pity. We are always top ranked in with bad attributes. Too bad. I'm out ***CATCH ME IF U CAN***
I feel sad about their conditions out there...it must be horrible.
Dis is serious matter,ashawo no b work
Chaii TOTO will lead many pple to hell.This south south girls sef too dey fuck.they nearly killed me wt fuck during my service year@Akwaibom
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THERE RE BETA WAYS TO SURVIVE DAN DIS.
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naughty, big eyed gals... Hw will sum1 u dnt knw promise 2 make u a nanny overseas? Na dem get ojukokoro... Tnk God ppl r delivering dem one by one
ola-wunmi
I won make my own money joor
Ashawo no bi Work oo, na management oo
lieeeee, they know what they were going for... pure liess if they now claim naive
just one percent is victim of the calim.
When caught, they claim they were tricked. This same excuse since 1990.
The truth us that they prefer doing what they are doing there,than doing same here in Nigeria.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Is a pity,but sum of dem actually know wat dey were going 2 do ova dere so wen dey re been caught by d police dey deny.
Truth of the matter is we just have to take a stand for ourselves to make Nigeria a better place to live to avoid these stories......
Come back home and farm!! Biko
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Akiko! As if de've nt heard tinz like dis happens....d ladY dat showed her scar, hmm her cleavage though! And d gal in d last pic even carry her mama kilikili star go dere.....she went there prepared for cold. So hapunu ihea! Unu macha!
Better than being gay
U sef too dey fuck!!!
I dnt hv much to say. Pretex4luv@yahoo.com.
@gay anonymous, you must be silly for making that comment. As if you've.never heard of gay prostitutes and male prostitutes before. Are they not payed to sleep with someone? Mofo.
Na wa ooooo
Lord.....funny enough..dey no wot dey were going in for. ...so dey shld save us dis archaic story of being deceived... Etc...but Edo state...na like dis una love ashawo work reach
most of them are traffic thru UK, then by Bus or Train to Italy, France and Spain, but thank God the British are now aware of it, today they showed a team on BBC setup just to fish out traffic victims in all Airport
Every woman na ashawo including linda ikeji! We must pray for our ladies for a better life especially in this economic hard times.
I have heard of some that were promised nanny jobs in China, Holland, Switzerland etc and since their passports are held by their "helper" until departure, they are sincerely tricked...
How can these girls feign ignorance??? They have gone and seen that it's not as easy as they thought it would be and now claiming they were tricked! Na today Edo girls begin dey go Italo for runs? Abeg make i hear!
Na wa ooo dis is serious
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Make i die if some of them dont knw why dey are taking to italy.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
This is what happens in a culture and tradition where virtue and decency has been relegated to the background all in a bid to acquire ill-gotten wealth that might not stand the test of time at the expense of morality.A lot of benin people might not be happy with me but i ve had personal dealings with them and d experience hs not bn palatable,Benin parents ve alot to do in this regard they really need to work on their orientation and value system.its only in Benin dat u wud see a man sendin his wife and daughters abroad for prostitution all in d name of money.Their wives and daughters shud stop disgracing womanhood cos they re not d only tribe in Nigeria, anybody with a sound moral background wudnot want to ve anything to do with benin girl.Its a shame
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Lols we all knw na Benin and edo na no b new tin agn lols marydanladi180@gmail.com
I weep for this country with all the mineral resources,her citizens wallow in abject poverty.This Italian countryside looks like a Nigerian village.
Any girl who is telling u dat she doesn't know that she is going to Europe to prostitute after being promised nanny job is lieing .
In the same manner that any woman who tells u she doesn't know that a man wants sex when he tells her
, let's go into my bedroom to relax , is us also lieing .
Henry Eze...goat!
2 bad
Who actually sleep with these girls? They all look dirty, ugly with mal nourished scaly skin. Oyinbo nor get eyes o.
Nawa oo
True @Bonario Nnags. These girls know the kind of business they are going for in Italy even before they leave Nigeria. The Italian govt too is not helping the matter, bcos some of these so-called madams usually bribe the Italian police when their girls are caught. There is an Italian Mafia that's kinda in-tune with this trade. God help us.
Come and see their stupid family were they came from evensef they always dey proud of them,"My Sister dey Abroad"watin she dey there NA ASHAWO, IBeg una make una take am easy Benin girls
Does that ruse still work? Taking you abroad to work as a nanny, seriously, in this day and time? I like to think we are not that naïve, more than half of them are sure what they are there to do, but sell a sob story to the media to appear innocent. So they can't go to the police and report what is happening to them? I think they go there knowing what they are in for, but the burden of the debt often gets to overwhelming, they crack, cos the good life is slow in coming.
True talk though. This is bad for Nigeria. But the photographs are not entirely genuine sha. For example must the woman sleeping in the train use ankara wrapper as blanket. Well the message was clear and dat's wat is imp3
Yu ar right @Nancy.
Don't care...who is a saint here?
may God giv dem d grace 2 see dia modaland an giv dem geniu repentance amen.
Very terrible
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can som one advice me pls.idont no whts rong wit me.i cant stay wit 1man an d prblm is dat am married wit 2. no insult pls is am sirous.
Nobody tricked them. They know wat they are into.
Some of them are tortured, raped, killed in some cases but why can't they run away from dia madam? It's sad to see these girls working Europe cities at night chasing Euros
They are liers , they all knew what they are into. Many mothers lured their daughters into this, mostly Benin's, they all brag of having a daughter in oversea and the girls also want to be like others girls who came back home to show up, Benin's are born prostitutes home and abroad.
If I hear! Of course they know exactly what they were going to Italy to do before leaving 9ja. They only feign ignorance when captured. It is common knowledge back home that if 9ja has benefited from any form of capital flight, underground businesses such as international prostitution has been a veritable channel and girls from Edo state have been in the forefront of that.
Abegi they should grow up and stop those lies, do they want to tell us that at this level that someone will just come and wash them like that.. mba nu. Most of them went there willingly. some babes ni really want quick cash.
I am not surprised at all cos while I was in Benin I use to hear them (their hot ladies) talk about Italian job but u won't I know it's prostitution
Most of them have an idea of wht they going there for, but they never knew it wil b HELL for them
In every five girls in edo state.....three have sister in italy history!!!!!! Ashawo na ashawo weda na niger or italy
This is really sad.
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The guy taking this pictures does not have anything reasonable to do. Its not only Nigerians but a whole lot of other nationalities are also into this shit. Linda please look for better news to give us, this one na old story.
c0me baC home and get a life its safer over here dan deir 0..
Very bad and embarassing to Nigerians isn't? Well its more to wat we d few legit one's feel here, cuz in d eyes of every Italian every nigerian is either a prostitute, fraudster or a drug peddler. Most of dem especially d bini's are very aware abt dia mission here. Sorry to say doh, most of dem are stark illiterate's & com from very poor homes dats y dey are easily enticed.
@PM I dnt know ow tru ur story is, but I can tell u dat most of dem com tru Air straight to any schengen European nation mostly (Spain, Greece Malta etc) den to Italy or dey com in directly to italy, U.K. isn't a schengen nation so facilitating visa for dem to d U.K. is almost imposible.
Secondly by land, den sea. Dese gals r smuggled tru Lagos-Seme-Cotonou border den kept in dia camps in Benin rep, Ghana or Abidjan in Coted'Ivorie. Den dey r taken tru d desert to Libya den by sea to Italy if dey make it alive or Morocco den to Malta or Spain by sea also if dey equally make it alive. Deres anoda route in d north dat leads tru Niger den by desert to Libya. Dese coyote's can b curtailed very easily tru dese borders but arent bothered bcuz dey dnt care. Some of dese gals are brutally murdered here and nobody says anything. I sorry for my country, but am hopeful say one day e go better. #KEEPINGTHEHOPEALIVE
is not only Italy they are doing it
It's beta dan killing for money, I guess...
they r not children so nobody tricked them. they need sharp sharp money. just staring hard to see my neighbor to no avail. i will catch her one day, na den cup of garri b dt sha.
@ Henry Eze you are stupid, did they tell u that it's lady from Edo state dat is a prostitute, its just like saying all igbo's are retualist, OZWOR
Freaky pervert
There's no excuse. Even if they lied to them, now the girls found out then call police that u no won do again abi? Unless u rather do prostitution than work. Simple.
Smh jesus mehn #speechless#
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#only in Edo state.I was patiently waiting to read d part were benin girls wud be mentioned and dey were indeed mentioned.She did her homework and studied them well.for real,many of dem ova there are from Edo state and mst of dem knw wat dey are going to be doing over there.all these stories abt wanting to be a nanny are jst lies.nor be only nanny
There toto dnt break, all dis girls dere na well. Nothing dey sweet for dere body again.. Dey should start acting pron films it will paid dem well.
Tricked what??Abeg will many of those girls sharrap, as if they didnt know what they were going into. Many naija girls prefer money for sex. Go to 2go,badoo or even club sef. The economy has turned many of our decent ladies into harlots/slots
human trafficking my ass... Is not only in Italy but in UAE too..please lets not lie to ourselves abeg... those girls knew exactly what they went to Italy to do.
#gay anonymous# or whatever you call yourself, your mother and sister(s) are things, idiot.
The WORST job in the world!
Na your tribe women be born prostitute home or abroad.
this is rediculous, there is another prostitute thats have change from having sex to saling of dollars. http://xnaija.net/prostitutes-at-venezuelan-earn-more-selling-dollars-than-sex/
Your mama self na ashawo......clueless idiot
Sure thang! Na true! Almost all d female libers here na ashawo. Atleast I know of one...kween is wat she bears here on LIB but her real name is queendaline. Big time heavy ashawo, na runs she take dey feed. Gbogwogbu na wetin she be. But. Dnt call linda ashawo! I take. God beg u, she is not. She's a hardworking lady plzzZz!
girls in edo state are disgrace to nigeria nd afrika as a whole
It is very clear that English is not the main language in Italy, the Italians are very proud people especially of their nation , culture and language so tell me how can you believe anyone saying he or she will get you a job in Italy when you clearly DO NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE......
This is sad and it is making a mockery of the Edo/Benin people can we put a stop to it? if yes please share .... Lord please help
Nobody tricked them. They voluntarily signed for it. They begged to be sponsored. No pity for them.
First of all, let me just say that I am a proud Edo girl and I DO NOT SUPPORT PROSTITUTION of any kind. Haven said that, may thunder fire all those people saying that majority of Edo girl are prostitute. What about Igbo and yoruban girls prostituting under the Eko bridge in lagos? Or those of you sleeping with sugar daddy and letting them fuck you in the ass for money? Or Yoruba women who are heavy cheaters, cheating on their husband and whatnot? How are you different from Italo prostitutes? At least, Edo girls get paid in Euros, as oppose to collecting one one naira under the mainland bridge from horny dirty filthy homeless men in Lagos!! Nonsense.Yoruba women have been doing it in London for years! They travel to London claiming they are schooling, but the truth is that they are prostituting themselves over there...How are they better? Nonsense!!!! Nigerians and their "scapegoatism." Always looking for someone to throw under the proverbial bus...na una way! No wonder the country is so screwed up because everyone keep blaming everyone else without taking responsibility for their individual actions... rubbish!
Theophilus Momoh, did you enjoy it? Don't lie about it. You too liked it joor. Yinmu!
What do you do there too pls may I know. Pls tell Queen to get a life oo. She must marry and make family one day. Prostitute ain't nothing to brag about. I'm sort of so sorry for the ladies out there. It is well.
Are the ones doing prostitution in Dubai and Saudi Bini's too?
It cut across all tribes in Nigeria stop been judgemental folks.God help us all
Henry u ar very stupid and insensitive! Go and make yourself useful! Ewu hausa
Hehehe.. Willy Willy is that u??
dem never start sef
Chaiiiiiii there is God ooooooo All this ladies were not force to become prostitute dey know wat they were going there for b4 boarding a plane to Italy they better stop all dis lie and pretends
They get them involved in heavy jazz. Fear might be one reason why some truly innocent ones might not report.
All this ladies better stop lieing dey know wat dey going to do dere b4 boarding a plane to italy. Dey better stop all dis lies and pretends wen dey are cut.
Mofo...don't say things you can't back statistically. Did u do a research dat revealed dat "In Every 5 girls"....ignoramus like you
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ASHAWO FOR ABROAD EQUALLS TO BENIN GIRLS AND WHILE ASHAWO FOR NIGERIA EQUALS TO IGBO GIRLS...
I understand where the write is coming from and that Benin girls are much in Italy but the truth is, most of these girls that claim to be Benin cannot speak the language which makes their claim suspecious. Just because a tribe is renowned for something be it ritual killing or drug trafficking doesn't mean we should generalize because if all benin girls are prostitutes, who are the prostitutes in the east, ibadan, Ogun, Akwa Ibom, PH, Bayelsa or even Kaduna??? If you want to flex life, its better you use yourself for prostitution or ritual that to use somebody else.
PROUDLY BENINGAL
As a nigerian and Jos indigen who lived in benin, let me state my research here, in Italy- Benin girls are known as prostitutes due to there high percentage and most of the girls are even aware of what they are going there to do but still embark on the immoral journey to Italy and Spain while in Nigeria the highest level of prostitution are done by the Igbos if you doubt me now, go to any motel,streets,club,hotel,lot,etc and you will find out that the highest number and more than half the percentage of prostitutes are igbos even in igbo states which you will never find in other states i schooled in ph, did my nysc in anambra and work in lagos.
Then, the Yoruba are known all over nigeria as the highest number of infidelity rate, cheating is normal in yoruba land, every yoruba woman can cheat and feel less concerned about her actions even here in lagos and ph.
But in summary, Judge people actions and not tribe and do not tag an entire tribe cos of one action
Proud Edo Girl, anonymous 2:40am. Stop ranting. You can't deny that Edo girls are known locally and abroad for prostitution. All you can say is that other tribes have it too. Yes, they do but they probably learned it from moving with Edo girls. Some women like sex like men do but your own people do it for money. Look at your family and friends and count even 3 that don't sleep with men for money. I'm sure you can't. Calm down and ask why its so common in this particular tribe? Try to answer intelligently and don't waste time being a pot calling a kettle black.
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THEY ALL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING THEIR TO DO...
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There are lots and I mean lots of decent benin. You sound like an illiterate seriously. So you mean to tell me just because people say calabas eat human then, it should be applied to all of them?
How many binis have you dealt with?? I am so irritated by your ignorance and condescending comment. If you are Ibo, Yoruba or calaba doesn't make you any better than any bini man or woman. I lived there until I was old enough to atleast know good from bad. And it isn't close to being as you are making it sound.
Isn't Osa's Ighodaro from benin? isn't IK the comedian from benin?
Isn't Lancelot Imasuen the movie director and producer from benin
#boygetyourlife #byefelicia
All your female relatives are born pristitute. Born fool
You most be connected to a lot of rascals. Seriously? You know this how????
You are dumb as hell for saying that!!! How many girls from there do you know?
Illiterate.
God bless you!! Stupid people saying "Edo girls are shame to Nigeria" such ignorance. This is why Id rather not deal with Nigerians and thier over sabi sabi asses
Only if they know that there are lots of opportunities in this country.
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What about Nigerian girls who traffic themselves to Dubai to do prostitution?
Thank you Dandi i wish we had more smart people like you in the world
if the world was filled with dumb asses like TeeDayo the world would be in total Chaos. I always say it that these girls are shipped out from Benin city doesn't mean they are all from Benin. Judge a man based on the content of his character not based on tribe, color, or social strata.
It's sad that these girls still fall for the age old trick to go abroad to work as nannies and i only pray the re-orientation some people are trying to do for these girls.
May thunder fire the mouth of the goat that said out of every five Benin sisters in a family, three are prostitutes. I am a proud Benin woman and no one in my family, nuclear or extended is into prostitution or runs.
Maybe it is your own sisters that are into it. Ozwor!
Tnks to all dose she goats 4embrassing us...
Mr princeoflib dnt pretend abt dis . It's jst d truth .. My advice is dat u sld advice any1 close or related to u to desist 4rm it .. Or better still advice all d Benin populate.. Shikena
NIGERIANS AND THEIR FOOLISH "JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON" MENTALITY! THEY TELL YOU THAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE PROSTITUTING ARE THE BINIS WITHOUT PROOF OTHER THAN HERE-SAY AND FOOLISH GOATS HERE BELIEVE THE LIES. THE IGNORANCE BEING SPEWED ON THIS THREAD BASED ON HERE-SAY SHOWS THAT NIGERIAN (UNLESS THEY CHANGE HOW THEY THINK) WILL CONTINUE TO BE MISLED. IGNORAMUSES HAVE FALLEN FOR THE MESS AGAIN, JUMPING UP AND DOWN LIKE DOGS IN HEAT OVER FALSE REPORT! I'VE HEARD OF SITUATIONS WHERE A GROUP OF GHANAIANS LADIES WERE CAUGHT PROSTITUTING,THEY CLAIMED ARE FROM BENIN CITY, BUT WHEN THEY GOT INTERVIEWED BY A NIGERIAN WOMAN SPEAKING BINI, THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INTERPRETER WAS SAYING. LYING ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE FROM WHEN YOU ARE CAUGHT DOING SOMETHING WRONG IS THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK. IT'S AIMED AT STIGMATIZING A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHILE KEEPING YOUR OWN INTEREST SQUEAKY CLEAN. IF YOU PEOPLE WEREN'T SO STUPID, YOU'D GET THAT. BUT YOUR IDIOCY AND IGNORANCE ELUDES YOU FROM UNDERSTANDING FACTS FROM FICTION. IGNORANT NIGERIANS..SMH
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Edo girls are mostly prostitutes abroad.......most of their parents sell family to even send them knowing what they are going to do..I care less what you edo people think but that's the truth.....go to Benin you have mostly landladies who have killed their husbands to inherit property.....Sandra the lady mechanic once had a boyfriend who used to help women travel......he had a house in festac where the girls travel from.......Linda quote me on that.....edo people the pussies of these girls you are shiaring all over Europe is not good......dia is God oh
abegi no be their fault jare if u ask me I will say its bcuz of our government those our stupid leaders don our money finish,ok y italian ladies no dey nigeria even I dem no do prostitute make dey jst come stay but nah lie dey no fit come bcuz dey knw say poverty dey nigeria.it is nt their fault at all jst let us pray nigeria will bcom a gud country.
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