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World Cup child trafficking bid foiled in Nigeria World Cup child trafficking bid foiled in Nigeria
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Nigerian authorities say they have rescued nine young girls and one boy who were being trafficked to Moscow. Nigerian authorities say they have rescued nine young girls and one boy who were being trafficked to Russia.
Five suspects, including a policeman and a quarantine officer, were arrested for allegedly facilitating their travel, the government agency fighting trafficking says.Five suspects, including a policeman and a quarantine officer, were arrested for allegedly facilitating their travel, the government agency fighting trafficking says.
The victims were found while trying to board a plane from Lagos to Russia. The victims were found while trying to board a plane from Lagos to Moscow.
They had football supporter ID cards in order to look as though they were fans heading to the World Cup in Russia.They had football supporter ID cards in order to look as though they were fans heading to the World Cup in Russia.
Five other potential victims were stopped from boarding the same Turkish Airlines flight when suspicious staff noticed they had one-way tickets. The children, who were unaccompanied, are now in a shelter for victims of trafficking which run by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (Naptip).
Criminals have been pressurising young Nigerians and their parents to take advantage of the World Cup to get Russian visas, the agency says. Five other potential victims, also children, were stopped from boarding a flight to Russia when staff noticed they had one-way tickets.
But it warns that, once out of the country, the victims would be exploited by the traffickers. Criminals have been pressurising young Nigerians and their parents to take advantage of the World Cup to get Russian visas, Naptip says.
It warns that, once out of the country, the victims would be exploited by traffickers.
Many victims of trafficking from Africa to Europe come from Nigeria.
According to the UN's agency for migration, most of the potential sex trafficking victims arriving in Italy by sea are Nigerian.