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Chickenheads, agents, mommies, and jockeys: the social organization of transnational commercial sex

An article in Crime, Law and Social Change Volume 56, Number 5, 463-484. In the sex trafficking literature, the term “trafficker” is often used to refer to all the various actors who are involved in the business of transnational sex work. It thus includes those who recruit women in the source countries; those who transport victims across international borders; and those who manage and exploit the women in the various commercial sex venues in the destination countries. In this paper, we will look at some of the people who fall into these categories of being “traffickers.” Our goal is to better understand

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A Sex Worker in Nigeria Speaks Against Violence

An article in the Nation by Leke Salaudeen explores police corruption and brutality. A Lagos sex worker, who simply identified herself as Helen, relived her experience with police. She said: “Most often, the police will come to our brothel in the night, march us into their waiting van. They will take us to either Third Mainland Bridge or the Bar Beach. They will beat and rape us. They sleep with us without protection. “Sometimes, they will search us and steal our money and then drop us and run away. If you refuse to cooperate with them, they will get rid

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