Recently, police have noticed an influx of Nigeria n woman to the area and believe that their arrival represents a new case of human trafficking. For several years, Nigerian woman have dominated the sex trade in Oslo. But Norway changed its prostitution laws recently, and authorities speculate that might be part of the reason why women from the West African country have started appearing in Sweden.
Women from Nigeria have been documented as having a long history working as prostitute s in Europe, having come to Italy in large numbers in the s. According to GP, the young women are sold into the internal human trafficking rings in Nigeria, they take part in a ceremony rooted in West African spiritual rituals. The women take an oath never to reveal the traffickers or pimps to police and to pay back the debts incurred during their journey to Europe. Find out how they are joining forces to strengthen each other โ and the wider Stockholm region.
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