United
States’ government has identified Nigeria as a source, transit and
destination country for women and children subjected to forced labour
and sex trafficking.
As a
Tier 2 country, Nigeria does not fully comply with Trafficking Victims
Protection Act’s minimum standards, but is making significant efforts to
bring itself into compliance.
In its
latest Trafficking in Persons Report released by the US Secretary of
State, John Kerry, Nigeria is described as a transit point for West
African children subjected to forced labour in the country’s granite
mines.
The
report stated further that West African women were taken through Nigeria
to various destinations in Europe and the Middle East, where they are
subsequently subjected to forced prostitution.
“Nigerian
women and girls are subjected to forced prostitution throughout Europe.
Nigerian women and children are also recruited and transported to
destinations in North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, where
they are held captive in the sex trade or in forced labour. Nigerian
gangs subject large numbers of Nigerian women to forced prostitution in
the Czech Republic and Italy,” the report said.
European
Police Office, the TIP document added, had identified Nigerian
organised crime related to trafficking in person as one of the greatest
law enforcement challenges to European governments.
“Nigerian
women are transported to Malaysia, where they are forced into
prostitution and to work as drug mules for their traffickers. West
African women transit Nigeria to destinations in Europe and the Middle
East, where they are subsequently subjected to forced prostitution.
Children from West African countries are subjected to forced labour in
Nigeria, including in Nigeria’s granite mines. Nigeria is a transit
point for West African children subjected to forced labour in Cameroon
and Gabon,” it stated.
According
to the report, trafficked children are also being used as child
soldiers in the fight against Boko Haram. It called on the Federal
Government and Borno State to stop provision of “financial and in-kind
support” to the Civilian Joint Task Force, which it accused of using
children to fight against Boko Haram.
While
commending the Federal Government for its fight against trafficking, it
urged the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to investigate and
prosecute all individuals suspected of recruiting and using child
soldiers and perpetrating other trafficking abuses against women and
children.
punch report.
Foolish people,since Buhari came back from ur country dissappointed,u people have been looking for what to blackmail nigeria with in order to justify ur selfishness, ndi ara
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