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.

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