Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking

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Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking

Two Nigerian sex workers sit on a bed in a room, at a bar in Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso 360 kms (220 miles) West of Ouagadougou, June 6, 2020. Both women said they were trafficked from Nigeria and forced into prostitution. Now free from their captors, they're too ashamed to return home without money so they continue sex work. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A Nigerian sex worker walks through a corridor at a bar in Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso 360 kms (220 miles) West of Ouagadougou, June 6, 2020. Both women said they were trafficked from Nigeria and forced into prostitution. Now free from her captors, she is too ashamed to return home without money so she continue sex work. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A woman stands at a bar in Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso, 360 kms (220 miles) West of Ouagadougou, June 6, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A Nigerian sex worker and her child arrive at a bar in Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso 360 kms (220 miles) West of Ouagadougou, June 6, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Gold miners take a break near Hounde, some 100kms (60 miles) northeast of Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso June 10, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
AgGold miner pulls a rope from a mining shaft near Hounde, some 100kms (60 miles) northeast of Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso June 10, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A young boy stands in the street near Hounde, some 100kms (60 miles) northeast of Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso June 6, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A woman who said she was trafficked from Nigeria under false pretenses to work as a sex slave in Burkina Faso's mining sites, opens her tent in the Secaco mining town June 12, 2020, showing where she both lives and has sex with up to 30 men a night. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A foam mat covered with a blanket lies on the floor of a tent of a woman who said she was trafficked from Nigeria under false pretenses to work as a sex slave in Burkina Faso's mining sites, in the Secaco mining town June 12, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A foam mat covered with a blanket lies on the floor of a tent of a woman who said she was trafficked from Nigeria under false pretenses to work as a sex slave in Burkina Faso's mining sites, in the Secaco mining town June 12, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Garbage lines the streets of the Secaco mining town, near the tents where trafficked Nigerian women have been sold into sexual slavery June 12, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking

Two Nigerian sex workers sit on a bed in a room, at a bar in Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso 360 kms (220 miles) West of Ouagadougou, June 6, 2020. Both women said they were trafficked from Nigeria and forced into prostitution. Now free from their captors, they're too ashamed to return home without money so they continue sex work. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A Nigerian sex worker walks through a corridor at a bar in Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso 360 kms (220 miles) West of Ouagadougou, June 6, 2020. Both women said they were trafficked from Nigeria and forced into prostitution. Now free from her captors, she is too ashamed to return home without money so she continue sex work. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A woman stands at a bar in Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso, 360 kms (220 miles) West of Ouagadougou, June 6, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A Nigerian sex worker and her child arrive at a bar in Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso 360 kms (220 miles) West of Ouagadougou, June 6, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Gold miners take a break near Hounde, some 100kms (60 miles) northeast of Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso June 10, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
AgGold miner pulls a rope from a mining shaft near Hounde, some 100kms (60 miles) northeast of Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso June 10, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A young boy stands in the street near Hounde, some 100kms (60 miles) northeast of Burkina Faso's town of Bobo-Dioulasso June 6, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A woman who said she was trafficked from Nigeria under false pretenses to work as a sex slave in Burkina Faso's mining sites, opens her tent in the Secaco mining town June 12, 2020, showing where she both lives and has sex with up to 30 men a night. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A foam mat covered with a blanket lies on the floor of a tent of a woman who said she was trafficked from Nigeria under false pretenses to work as a sex slave in Burkina Faso's mining sites, in the Secaco mining town June 12, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
A foam mat covered with a blanket lies on the floor of a tent of a woman who said she was trafficked from Nigeria under false pretenses to work as a sex slave in Burkina Faso's mining sites, in the Secaco mining town June 12, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Garbage lines the streets of the Secaco mining town, near the tents where trafficked Nigerian women have been sold into sexual slavery June 12, 2020. As part of a months-long investigation into sex trafficking and the gold mining industry, The Associated Press met with nearly 20 Nigerian women who said they had been brought to Burkina Faso under false pretenses, then forced into prostitution. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)