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Maggie Neil

Nigerian women on a dinghy approaching Sicily

Witchcraft can be the toughest chain to break for Nigerian women looking to escape slavery

Jobs

Despite hundreds of millions spent combatting sex trafficking, many Nigerian women say it is fear of a demonic spell that keeps them enslaved.

A group of 300 sub-Saharan Africans sit on board an Italian police vessel as their boat is left adrift off the coast of Sicily, May 14, 2015.

On Facebook, Nigerian victims of sex trafficking often present their life as far more glamorous than it is

Conflict
Portrait of a woman from Nigeria trafficked into Sicily

Nigerian women are being trafficked into Sicily at a rapidly increasing rate

Economics