The Global Center on Human Trafficking

BLESSING – NIGERIA/ITALY

When Blessing Okoedion was 26, she headed to Spain for a job she had been offered at a computer store. But the job offer was a ruse. Her work visa had been faked by human traffickers. There was no computer store job. After a brief stop in Spain, her captors sent her to Naples, Italy. They told her that she owed them 65,000 euros — more than $70,000 in today’s dollars. And they forced her into sex work on the streets of an Italian town. (Source

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