Not less than eight thousand Nigerian girls are trafficked to Italy in 2016, as numerous Nigerians have established themselves as sex marketers in Italy since 1980s.


This is made possible as Sicilian Mafia has joined forces with criminal gangs from Nigeria to run drug and prostitution rackets, according to the Italian police.

Last year alone, up to eight thousand women were trafficked from Nigeria to Italy and put to work in the sex trade, according to BBC.