Nigerian 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.
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.’

Perlino 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.

Eighty per cent of women trafficked to Italy come from Benin City, Edo State, in south Nigeria.
The 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.’
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Nigeria among the top eight countries with the highest human trafficking rates in the world.

Traffickers demand on average more than 50,000 euros (US $60,000) for travel expenses and accommodation, with the women having 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.
The 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.’
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime declared Nigeria among the top eight countries with the highest human trafficking rates in the world.

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1. Police control find a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute in the outskirt of Turin.

2. A Nigerian called Faith having a blood test at the Amedeo di Savoia Hospital in Turin.

3. Nigerian woman Fatima shows the scars on her body due to vicious fighting with collegues working as prostitutes in the outskirts of Acerra.

4. Nigerian women in a Catholic shelter for victims of trafficking.

5. A Nigerian in Italy waits for a client in the countryside during the winter season.

Hummm nawa oooo. They should bring them back to Nigeria let them come and take their stand at allen ikeja. na by force to sell market for oyinbo. wen we self wan buy market


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6. A Nigerian woman in a temporary detention centre.

7. Italian police review the documents of a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute.

No be dem wan go abroad?
If dem dey tired of the inhuman treatment, Naija gate neva close now, make dem dey come home.

This photograph shows a Nigerian woman waiting for a client in the summer season.

A Nigerian woman commuting between Turin and Milan on the 4am train

m sure dis trafficking issue will stop wen d yeye otuoke man leaves aso villa....jona get ready to go to otuoke,,i promise u BUHARI/OSIBANJO will construct a ZOO for u to supervise....

lets all be happy...freedom at last...BUHARI/OSIBANJO all d way.
jona nd his wife shud get their bicycle ready...otuoke to abuja no
b small journey o...
BUHARI/OSIBANJO

old story and trick

People trading with their bodies all in the name of travelling abroad and living a luxurious life without realising that it's better to manage and live honourably in your country than travelling to another man's country and live like a dog. God forbid.

Nigeria a country her government plummet to death.


God we need your help

na God catch una! I no knw wetin dey pursue una for una aws! If na hunger, see where d hunger carry una go now! Mtcheewww

Na who send dem do dia ??

Naija exporting prostitution since 1234AD

Come back home please.

#in_Fals_High_class dem no plan to find thier hero dem just want to count thier euro and dem like men wey get money.....Ashawo Ashawo Ashawo omo yen....

see d one at d bustop forget dat my sis ashawo is nt work u girls are ponpos

Lord have mercy. Nigerians are really morally ill.

The same country that wouldn't hestitate to accuse Americans of being devilish transport prostitutes from their country to others.

On a scale of moral decadence, I'd rate Americans lower than Nigerians for not living in hypocrisy/double standard.

80% from edo? Outrageous!

Should we blame president or oshio?

This is serious...man's humanity to man..
Funniest thing,some ladies would even prefer hustling there,than been deported to Nigeria.

After so many tales of how many ladies were deceived into,why can't the new recruits refuse instantly when confronted by the traffickers..

May God help us..

It's expected. No matter how pathetic it looks, if they were living alright and still prostitute themselves, they need their heads examined.

Not that I'm justifying prostitution, but necessity is the mother of invention.

no their fault, Nigeria is not any better.

GEJ must go back to his fishing

The wicked world we live in...

Sorry are they suppose to be living in Heaven ?? And I don't see them here in Russia where am learning atomic bomb

Damn!...All for money, I really feel for them though, These Edo people got to do something about this, It can't be stopped; Yes, but can be reduced to the barest minimum.
BTW, The photo of the Woman waiting for her "client" in the winter is nice, I had to admit.

A lot of people will blame govt but the blame should also rest on lack of parental guidance. The bible said Teach a child the way of the lord and when he grows up he sshall not depart from it. A lot of families in Edo state sell their properties and land to raise money for their daughter to go on a golden fleece in europe. The society needs to fiight this scourge like the way we are fighting gay and lesbian relationship. Ka chineke mezie okwu