Even though this study was pri­mar­i­ly on human traf­fi cking and pros­ti­tu­tion among Edo women
and girls of Edo state in Nige­ria, human traf­fi cking, how­ev­er, is a wide­spread, vis­i­ble phenomenon
in the world today. It is a glob­al prob­lem. A report from Unit­ed Nations Offi ce on Drug and Crime
in 2014 says that human traf­fi cking involves over three mil­lion peo­ple in the world, bring­ing their
slave­hold­ers an annu­al profi t of 32 bil­lion dol­lars. Accord­ing to the same report, there is no place in
the world where chil­dren, women, and men are safe from human traf­fi cking.
In the back­ground, the stark real­i­ty of pover­ty, unem­ploy­ment, social mar­gin­al­iza­tion, political
crises, wars, intereth­nic con­fl icts, and the mil­i­ta­riza­tion of entire ter­ri­to­ries has increased the massive
dis­place­ments of the pop­u­la­tion, fuelling the ille­gal sex trade linked to them.
Many young­sters who desire to improve their liv­ing con­di­tions and those of their fam­i­lies fl eeing
their homes often become prey to crim­i­nal orga­ni­za­tions who take advan­tage of them, exploit them,
and dehu­man­ize them. Lit­tle do they know when they are leav­ing their homes to go to overseas,
what is wait­ing for them is often some­thing alto­geth­er diff erent, name­ly intim­i­da­tion, blackmail,
vio­lence, night­mare, and slav­ery that strip them of all dig­ni­ty and respect. To make mat­ters worse,
most of the vic­tims and their fam­i­lies not only lose cred­i­bil­i­ty but are also ostra­cized by their local
com­mu­ni­ties when what hap­pened comes to light. Th ere­fore, the vic­tims of this painful chain are
not only young girls and boys but also fam­i­lies. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, some par­ents, espe­cial­ly mothers,
have also been per­pe­tra­tors of this deplorable crime. Th ey push their daugh­ters into the arms of their
tor­tur­ers, lulled by the dream of a brighter future.
To stop and to pre­vent the reoc­curence of this crim­i­nal net­work of com­plic­i­ty, which has been more
or less vol­un­tary, con­scious and uncon­scious, a joint com­mit­ment by all gov­ern­ments, organizations,
local com­mu­ni­ties, and indi­vid­u­als is nec­es­sary. Every­one needs to remem­ber and nev­er for­get that
every human being, every per­son has been cre­at­ed and pro­cre­at­ed in the image and like­ness of God
and is a sub­ject of essen­tial rights, which should nev­er be vio­lat­ed but rather should be respect­ed and
upheld by every­one in every time and place.

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