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Human Trafficking in Nigeria

April 16, 2021

We meet Nigerian journalist Tobore Ovuorie, who went undercover to expose the work of human traffickers. And our Street Debate takes a look at how young Nigerian women are lured to Europe by traffickers dubious promises.

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Making Oloture: Exposing Nigeria's human trafficking underbelly

It may seem like the plot of a gritty crime novel, but Nigerian journalist Tobore Ovuorie really did go undercover to expose the work of human traffickers. Her story has been turned into a Netflix film, but the memories of her ordeal still haunt her.   

 

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Street Debate: Sicily - How to end Nigeria's sex slave trade 

Young Nigerian women are lured to Europe by traffickers offering dubious promises of a better life. But the reality is very different: Many are forced into prostitution on the streets of Italy to pay off their debts to the Nigerian mafia. Christine Mhundwa speaks with former victims of the people smugglers.

 

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