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Turning Nigerian Sex Slaves in Italy Into Traffickers

Human traffickers in Nigeria are exploiting Europe's migration crisis, moving girls to lawless Libya, before crossing the Mediterranean to Italy, anti-slavery activists say. Combined with potions and spells, crippling debt and threats of violence, many victims become perpetrators, returning as "madams" to recruit more girls.

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Princess, a Nigerian former sex slave trafficked into prostitution to pay off her 45,000 euro debt, washes dishes at her home in Italy, where she gained asylum after escaping her ordeal and set up a charity to help other victims.

Thomson Reuters

Traffickers in Nigeria are exploiting Europe's migration crisis, moving girls to lawless Libya, before crossing the Mediterranean to Italy, anti-slavery activists say.

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