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Nigeria's other export; People-trafficking from Nigeria.(Human traffickers from Nigeria)
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A grim job, but some prefer it to tending yams
A trade that cannot be curbed because so few Nigerians think it wrong
THE market in Benin City sells just about everything: ladies' pants and bras, plastic bags, padlocks and second-hand clothes known locally as "fairly used". But this city in south-eastern Nigeria also thrives on a less wholesome trade: people-trafficking. Those who are trafficked are mostly young, female and destined to work as prostitutes in Europe.
No one knows how many are shipped out each year, but everyone in Benin City knows someone who has gone. ...
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