Anti-Trafficking activists were recently honoured in
Washington, D.C. at an event marking the release of the State
Department's 2016 Trafficking in Persons report.
The
U.S. State Department's Anti-Trafficking Heroes came from very
different corners of the world: Nigeria, Cyprus, Pakistan, Russia,
Senegal and they all carry same thing in their pocket or purse: photos
of the
victims they had rescued from human trafficking, stored in their mobile
phones.
Goats and Soda spoke to some of the honorees at NPR's headquarters, including a Nigerian activist Oluremi Kehinde, who
each shared a story about a trafficked victim they have rescued. They 've
been asked not to give the full names of the trafficking victims to
protect their identities.
Oluremi Kehinde works with Africans who
have been trafficked for sex work in Russia. He shared a photo of an
18-year-old Nigerian girl brought to Russia with what she thought was a
student visa, then forced into prostitution.(pictured showing a photo of the Nigerian teen forced to work as a
prostitute in Russia. She was hospitalized because of internal injuries) Below is his story:
"Victims brought for prostitution have their passports taken away from
them. She would have to work to pay up the $50,000 to $60,000 [to her
captors] before she could earn back her freedom. This girl only paid
$15,000, so she was locked up in an apartment where she had to serve
customers. Many victims are threatened that if they run away, their
family in Nigeria would have to pay up — or be harmed.
In the process of working as a prostitute, she had to have anal
intercourse with men. Many times, if the victims refuse, they are
humiliated, beaten up, some are even thrown out a window or killed. So
most victims agree. The girl's large intestine became twisted
and blocked. She could not go to the toilet and became weak with a
serious stomachache. She was dying. But the traffickers didn't help her.
I
found out about this case and I got the police involved. We got her out
of there and into the hospital for surgery. She was crying, "I don't
want to die, I don't want to die."
Four weeks ago, we returned
her to Nigeria and [we are now] working to arrest the people who brought
her to Russia. She is better now, with her parents.
43 comments:
Thank God she is better now...am still wondering when all these wickedness wl end
17?? Wow! Hope she was really tricked cus that's her own side of the story, quick recovery!
~glo rule your world~ cos I do•
that's what happens. to desperate people
#sad indeed
Hmmmm
So sad!
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People are so very callous. God gave humanity freewill but we abuse it recklessly
Too bad! People wey God go punish no be small. Linda take note!
Noted
Eyeaaa... The wickedness of men baffles even the devil! Thank God she's rescued. #Evil
Na wa. Lord help us
Imaging what some girls are going through.freeborn wept.
ONLY THE GOD'S SEES EVERY THING BECAUSE IF HE OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND US OR BEYOND OR WHAT MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH HMMM WE WILL NOT BELIEVE IT.
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SHOULD BE BECAREFUL AND WATCHFUL OF THE PERSON U SAID TO TAKE CARE OF UR CHILD BECAUSE MANY ARE WOLFS LIKE APC.
THANK GOD FOR SAVING THIS ONE WHAT OF OTHERS IN THE SAME CONDITION THAT WE DONT know THEIR WAY ABOUT HMM?
I USE THIS ONE AS POINT OF CONTACT TO REACH OTHERS IN THAT CONDITION I PRAY FOR GOD OF EXPOSURE TO EXPOSE THE MASTERING OF ALL THIS RUBBISH.
YORUBA SHOULD REPENT
#sad indeed
Imaging what some girls are going through.freeborn wept.
ONLY THE GOD'S SEES EVERY THING BECAUSE IF HE OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND US OR BEYOND OR WHAT MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH HMMM WE WILL NOT BELIEVE IT.
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS SHOULD BE BECAREFUL AND WATCHFUL OF THE PERSON U SAID TO TAKE CARE OF UR CHILD BECAUSE MANY ARE WOLFS LIKE APC.
THANK GOD FOR SAVING THIS ONE WHAT OF OTHERS IN THE SAME CONDITION THAT WE DONT know THEIR WAY ABOUT HMM?
I USE THIS ONE AS POINT OF CONTACT TO REACH OTHERS IN THAT CONDITION I PRAY FOR GOD OF EXPOSURE TO EXPOSE THE MASTERING OF ALL THIS RUBBISH.
YORUBA SHOULD REPENT
#sad indeed
Very pethetic and awful.....all dis na benin people with very bad motive to make money its in their blood...Am shippius..vivian reginalds amd crushing on u
Too bad! Many are blinded by that greener pastures bullshit!
Na me talk am!
Long Live Lib!!!
God save dis girl. Nigerians na wa!Dis traffickers need to have a test of deir own medicine.
***********************u cn imagine
That girl is not the first or only girl trafficked to Russia, when i went to Nigerian embassy in Moscow, i saw a lot of them.
Most of them knew what they were going to do abroad even with d consent Of der parents esp d Benin girls. It rather unfortunate dat d innocent ones fall victim always.
God gv her strenght to pick up d pieces of her lyf....amen
Eyahhhh pls fg ned to strt looking into all these stuff,I already heard too much stories abt same stuff
ThankGod for her life
God will deliver her
...merited happiness
Ignorance nd arrogance are some of d major problem of an individual in dis world,,only if pple cud learn,understand nd follow wat is written in d scripture,,den dis world wud be a beta place,,bt NO,,dey prefer 2 listen 2 d tiny evil voices in their mind,,making d devil promise 2 God come 2 past,which he(devil)said 'I will make all ur creation follow my way' bt God replied 'only those who av faith in ME won't..
Na WA ooo why did she agree to go in d first place? D quest to travel, no proper investigation...smh
(Linda d Kim K's fan)
Nawaooo when will ppl learn?
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Mmmmmmm
It's is well... LINDA BIKO...
I know this man. I used to think he was one of the traffickers here because he always had lots of bini girls with him. #dontjudgeabookbyitscover
Dis one dat u pple are saying they were forced into prostitution, its a lie, most tyms these girls know they are goin there 4 prostitution. Oju kokoro will not allow them 2 rest. Young girls of these days are too materialistic. Ifeoma.
Quite sad!
THAT'S NOT COOL AT ALL.
AUNTY LINDA 👩
No one is tricked into prostitution these days. They go in on their own free will but once things turn bad they blame others to attract sympathy. Get well soon and sin no more as I know the good Lord will give you a second chance.
What a wicked world
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Nawa o,thing people do for money.
Sad.
Omg afta seeing dis pippo will still fall victim again
The pimps who traffic these girls should be arrested. And also all you girls looking for free money, go and hustle hard ooo. Ashewo no be work ooo. The more you look for the easy way out, the more you draw yourself closer to your doom.
This story keeps coming up every day but the truth is that many of those ladies are aware that it's prostitution that they are going to do abroad for how can someone pay so much for Visa and flight ticket to far away countries and you still believe that the person would sponsor you academically even our politicians with our stolen money will not do it for free
God
This is wickness
They new what they're going there for before they left.
Thank God i didn't die. Heartless people
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