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Sex trafficking of African migrants is a ‘modern plague’

Clip: 09/30/2016 | 10m 34s

African women seeking a better life in Europe face a long, perilous, often fatal journey across the Mediterranean. But when they do arrive, they confront yet another threatening prospect: conscription into sex slavery. Eighty percent of all Nigerian women who survive the trip to Italy end up coerced into prostitution by “Madams,” who are often former sex slaves themselves. Malcolm Brabant reports.

Aired: 09/30/16

Rating: NR

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