This article is about the trafficking of women from Africa into Italy. Women and young girls are exploited into prostitution. It is estimated that there are between 25,000 and 75,000 women and children sold into prostitution in Italy. The main country they are coming from is Nigeria and they make about 65% of the women and girls being trafficked into Italy. These women were promised that they would live better lives in Europe and would earn high paying jobs in factories, offices and farms. Upon arriving in Italy they were told that they had debt to pay because of the help they had to get to Europe. They found themselves being sold into sexual slavery and forced to prostitute. The women who had come in earlier during this period of time ended up being head of the women or as some would call it “madams”. They became the women who traded their countrywomen to be exploited.
I couldn’t imagine myself, if being a madam, having to trade my own friend or maybe my own daughter. These women must have felt horrible knowing that they have been manipulated in prostitution. In these women cultures, promiscuous behavior was not permitted and they would be shunned if found out by their families and society. The people you would want to support you the most is your family and to have them shun you is very hurtful. They are many organizations trying to prevent human trafficking. There was an immigration law that was passed in 1998 which was there to assist the victims of trafficking in the process of rehabilitation and social reintegration. It is good to see that some kind of legal action is being taken and that there is some hope for the females out there that are being prostituted against their will. This article also spoke about another way of preventing prostitution. The main reason these women ended up leaving their countries in the first place was to find a job and be able to provide for their families. This goes the line of poverty and people not being able to get jobs. This all falls back on the economy and how people don’t have their basic needs for life so they go looking wherever possible for a means of providing for their families. Hopefully in the future there can be more done about it people would have a much better life to live.
http://www.koed.hu/mozaik15/esohe.pdf
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It is unfortunate what these victims endure throughout their trafficking lifestyles. I'm so glad there are organizations working to prevent this repulsive crime. Its appalling news to know that 65% percent of women in Nigeria are being trafficked into Italy.I don't know if I completely agree with the economy having to do with trafficking, but I know it has a little to do with it. In some cultures its not a huge deal to sell their daughters for a T.V.. Some also are forced to sell their children to provide for basic needs. Its an awful thought and a harsh reality.
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