Comfort, who was arrested by the police in Ogun State, said her husband, who lived in Italy, received the trafficked girls. International trafficking in Nigeria is mainly concentrated in Edo state where families escape extreme poverty by sending a family member to Italy and other countries. Inches 256 Other significant destinations include the Netherlands and Spain, and, to a lesser degree, Germany, Belgium, Austria, and the United Kingdom. uuid:fe30814f-90d4-41a5-b181-1c040a0d8d51 NGOs also reported improvements in coordination with immigration officials and law enforcement on processing new arrivals. uuid:1233577C491DDF11AE92A0F55FC5F254 In 2018, officials inspected 116,846 sites, of which 7,146 were agricultural, and identified 33,800 unregistered workers, of which 1,332 were illegal migrants. 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Of the trafficking victims NGOs assisted, 89 percent were victims of sex trafficking or exploitation, six percent labor trafficking, one percent forced begging, one percent forced criminality, and four percent other forms or unidentified. uuid:1133577C491DDF11AE92A0F55FC5F254 /wDpNJSv+af1V/8AKbp//sLT/wCk0lK/5p/VX/ym6f8A+wtP/pNJSv8Amn9Vf/Kbp/8A7C0/+k0l 72.00 The arrests also lead to the dismantling of the group that was allegedly operating in Nigeria, Libya and Italy. xf8AzzWkp1klKSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSU5PWf+Uehf+nCz uuid:1133577C491DDF11AE92A0F55FC5F254 300.00 SUpJSklKSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSU5PWf8AlHoX/pws/wDbHPSUr6p/+JXo3/pv uuid:1233577C491DDF11AE92A0F55FC5F254 uuid:1133577C491DDF11AE92A0F55FC5F254 World Day against Trafficking in Persons: Nigerian liaison magistrates deployed in Italy and Spain strengthen international cooperation to prosecute cases of human trafficking. IOM also trained reception center staff on victim identification. uuid:1233577C491DDF11AE92A0F55FC5F254 Research shows that about 10,000 Nigerian prostitutes in Italy are subjected to human trafficking. lKSUpJSklKSU5PWf+Uehf+nCz/2xz0lK+qf/AIlejf8Apvxf/PNaSnWSUpJSklKSUpJSklKSUpJS 3/pvxf8AzzWkp1klOD9Z+s29LdiV13DGrs9W6+0tDiKqWtlrAZ9xdY3skp5rD+tvUs/qVOLjevSb Children received counseling and enrolled in public schools with the support of mentors. Inches To reduce the Mediterranean migrant flow, government policy barred NGO rescue ships carrying migrants from the Libyan search and rescue waters from docking at Italian ports. application/pdf p/8ASiSlf87Pqr/5c9P/APYqn/0okpX/ADs+qv8A5c9P/wDYqn/0okpX/Oz6q/8Alz0//wBiqf8A “Libya is a black hole at present, from a humanitarian point of view – all migrants arriving from Libya have faced violence and human rights violations,” said Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesperson for the IOM in Italy. 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