We tell how they are enslaved by the criminal associations that bring them to Europe through the promise of a job and a better life. Linked to the organization by a voodoo ritual, scared and compelled to swear to give the money used for the journey back when arrived to destination; they do not want to talk, then swearing never to reveal their identity, little by little they release themselves . A mamam/ madame recruits them, takes care of them, and keeps them in check . The black art power with which the guardians supervise their victims is not a legend. And the Nigerian women are terrified by it, the fidelity to the madame is stable. The journey that brings them to Europe, includes the passage through country with great instability, where they are imprisoned, abused, tortured and , in many cases, compelled to prostitution to be able to continue the journey. When they arrive in Italy they are obliged to leave the support center to reach the Madame who will force them to prostitution.
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Joy comes from a polygamous family. Her father sends her away from home because he does not want to be responsible for her living.
One day a woman who wants to take her to Italy in order to work approaches her. She asks her to practice a juju rite to be sure she will pay the journey debt.
Joy leaves Nigeria and she becomes a victim of human trafficking.
The young women are subdued by the criminal association that will take them to Europe through the promise of a job and a better life. They are linked to the organization through the voodoo ritual that compels the young women to swear to give the money invested in the journey back, once they arrive to destination. The debt is between the 25.000 and 30.000 euros.
Once the potential victim undergoes a oath of obedience, she is captured, closed into the trap without any physical restrictions, slavery is in their believes, so it not even necessary to imprison the victims and check them, but are the spirits themselves that do that. It is during this oath that the young woman promises to give the madameor the trafficker all the money, to obey to everything is ordered to her, never to try to escape and never speak to anyone about her executioners.
After the jujuritual the young women leave for the journey that from Nigeria will take them to Europe, passing through Abuja, Kano, Agadez to Lybia.
With very little quantity of water and food they go through the desert packed on the hilux(pick up).
Many of them tell to have seen the dead people spirits during the journey in the desert. They tell how many fellows have gone mad because of the voices they heard.
Some young women wait the leaving for Italy in the ghettos together with other migrants. There they must pay for the food, a small place to sleep on the ground and water. If the madamedoes not send the money for their living the must go to the Connection Hose to prostitute and be able to continue the journey.
In the Connection House the young women must prostitute to start paying back the debt they contracted with the criminal organization that take them to Europe. They are closed in a room where they receive customers who already paid the madame. The ones who rebel are beaten to death.
The young women suffer continuous violence. They are beaten to blood, compelled to abortion against their will and they often contract venereal illnesses. Despite these circumstances the madamekeeps on prostituting them.
“The depth of the sea nobody can tell. Because a lot of people died in that sea.”
Once they have arrived in Italy and gone into the reception centers the young women call the madame. The brothers, members of the organization, will bring them to the madamewho will start to make them work on the road.
“ The clients pay 20 euro to be with you”.
Under the sun and the rain the young women must work in order to pay the madamefor the debt. Some of them find the courage to escape and enter a protection program.