Nigerian women are being trafficked to Italy hoping for a better life – but often end up working the streets as prostitutes. Their plight has been highlighted by Paris-based photographer Elena Perlino, originally from Italy, who began to notice the presence of young African women working on the streets during her commutes from Turin. She said: 'I decided to start from this surreal vision to tell a story. I have been working on the topic for several years, focusing mainly on the Italian connection.' Police control find a Nigerian woman working as a prostitute in the outskirt of Turin Nigerian woman Fatima shows the scars on her body due to vicious fighting with collegues working as prostitutes in the outskirts of Acerra
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Nigerian women trafficked to Europe are often forced into the sex trade
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Traffickers force them into prostitution to pay back debts
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Their plight has been highlighted by photographer Elena Perlino
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