Dozens of suspected gang members have been arrested in Italy accused of smuggling women from Nigeria to work as drug couriers and prostitutes. Thousands of women from Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe are lured by the prospect of well-paid work in shops and factories. But their dreams of a better life often end in a brothel. Isoke Aikpitanyi from Nigeria is one of those women, she tell us her story
Everyday two thousand people pass through this border at Sungei Golok. It is one of the most important crossing points between Thailand and Malaysia and one of Malaysia’s most prolific smuggling routes for guns, drugs and humans as Tony birtley reports.
The French charity alleged to be involved in child kidnapping by Chad claims it was rescuing the children who were fleeing war-ravaged Darfur in neighbouring Sudan. Our correspondent, Mohamad Vall, went to the border town of Tine to uncover the plight of families still living there.
People & Power’s Zeina Awad explores the underground trafficking world with Zimbabwean refugees; The Power of One profiles an extraordinary retired civil engineer who builds glaciers in Ladakh, India to help his village’s irrigation problems.
People & Power’s Zeina Awad explores the underground trafficking world with Zimbabwean refugees; The Power of One profiles an extraordinary retired civil engineer who builds glaciers in Ladakh, India to help his village’s irrigation problems.