The effect of women trafficking for prostitution in Nigeria

Abstract

Trafficking of human being is not a new phenomenon in the whole world but there have been increase in prevalent of women trafficking in Nigeria. This  has created a great concern for the policy makers, government, Non governmental agencies, religious bodies. This paper therefore seeks to examine the  causes, effects and ways of curbing the trafficking of women in Nigeria. The paper employed principally qualitative methodology and secondary sources  of data collection. The paper is anchored on rational choice theory for its theoretical framework. The argues that Poverty, war, lack of information, gender  inequality and high demand for cheap labor put demographic populations such as women and children at high risk. The paper concludes and  recommends that the laws made on human trafficking should be amended in such a that the penalty could include imprisonment, forfeiture of seized  assets and even death penalty for traffickers.