AssaultSexism / Gender-Based Violence

Nigerian woman trafficked to Mali and forced into prostitution

A 21-year-old woman from Nasarawa State was lured with a job offer, taken through Lagos and illegal routes into Benin Republic and then to gold-mining settlements in Mali, where she was sold and forced into prostitution. Police rescued her during an operation and arrested three suspected members of a trafficking syndicate.

  • Mali
  • Severity 4 of 5 — Physical assault causing injury

Source

  1. promptnewsonline.com/how-operatives-rescued-nigerian-woman-sold-for-n770000-in-mali/