Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency said it has found thousands of missing girls and women in southern Mali, many of whom were sold as sex slaves.
According to the agency NAPTIP, there are between 20,000 and 45,000 kidnapped Nigerian women in Mali it intends to return to Nigeria.
Nigerian victims of human trafficking were found in about 40 different countries, the report stated, adding that "80 percent of all female Nigerian migrants in Italy are or will become sex trafficking victims".