Police control find a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute in the outskirt of Turin
Police control find a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute in the outskirt of TurinNigerian 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. Nigerian woman Fatima shows the scars on her body due to vicious fighting with collegues working as prostitutes in the outskirts of Acerra 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.’ Nigerian women working as prostitutes in the North area of TurinPerlino 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. Nigerian women in a Catholic shelter for victims of traffickingArrests, violence and abuse often follow.
Traffickers demand on average more than 50,000 euros (US $60,000) for travel expenses and accommodation, with the women Italian police review the documents of a Nigerian woman working as a prostitutehaving 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. A Nigerian woman, working as a prostitute in the countryside, is taken to a police station because she was found without a passportThe 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.’ A Nigerian called Faith having a blood test at the Amedeo di Savoia Hospital in TurinThe United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Nigeria among the top eight countries with the highest human trafficking rates in the world.
-DailyMail
Igbo men will legalize prostitution. We like prostitutes and believe an Igbo man when he says there is nothing sweeter than sleeping with a Benin prostitute without condom damn the risk. These Benin prostitutes are so sweet we don’t mind paying extra for raw sex. God bless Edo women and Edo state in general for these sweet Benin prostitutes.
‘This involves many cities including Turin, Milan, Genoa, Rome, Naples and Palermo and thousands of Nigerian and Italian people.’
actually, this is unfortunate for nigeria. well, to me , one the major causes of this is poverty.
Igbo men will legalize prostitution. We like prostitutes and believe an Igbo man when he says there is nothing sweeter than sleeping with a Benin prostitute without condom damn the risk. These Benin prostitutes are so sweet we don’t mind paying extra for raw sex. God bless Edo women and Edo state in general for these sweet Benin prostitutes.