No
fewer than 200 Nigerian girls are
trafficked every month to Russia for
prostitution, the nation's ambassador
to that country, Amb. Asam Asam has
said. Asam, who spoke against the
backdrop of consular challenges faced
by the embassy, disclosed this in an
interview in Berlin. Investigations
reveal that the crime had decline in
Western Europe following strict laws on
illegal migration, and joint efforts by
Nigeria and the governments of those
countries to curb the menace. However,
attention has shifted to Eastern Europe
as the new destination for the trade.
"The major consular challenge we face
in Moscow is the influx of trafficked
persons from Nigeria, not less than 200
girls are trafficked every month, and
we have so many of them exposed to
danger. "Some are thrown out of the
window and treated harshly, there
must be a way of stopping these
racketeering , these girls are not
tourists, students or government
officials yet they are given visas from
the Russian embassy in Abuja", "So far
we have deported over 240 girls since
2012, you will be shocked, at the
extend of resistance from the girls, we
tell them Russia is not a destination for
prostitutes yet they still come" Asam
said. According to him, the mission
tries to curb the menace by arranging
deportation exercise for those caught,
but the challenges are enormous. The
envoy said such intervention would be
more effective at the point of entry
"the strategy is to stop them from
Nigeria, and fish out those involved in
the trade. "For instance a well known
Russian human trafficker who has been
in the trade for about 20 years was
caught in Nigeria,'' "The National
Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in
Persons( NAPTIP) was on the verge of
releasing her before I filed a protest
from Moscow to the Comptroller
General of Immigration," Asama
stressed. He said even the parents of
those trafficked encourage their
children "I spoke to the mother of one
of the girls and she said her daughter
should remain in Moscow and try to
survive the ordeal, this is very sad
indeed coming from one's parent.'' He
tasked the media on sensitising the
public on the dangers of trafficking in
Russia,"this East European nation has
become a new destination for them,
and believe me it is a very big crime
here.'' Asam, however, said that other
Nigerians who reside in that country
were students, and professionals in
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