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Togo

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Trafficking

Trafficking in children is a serious problem in Togo and Benin. Local NGO's estimate that more than 700 children of both sexes were recaptured on the Benin Togo borders and the Benin Nigerian borders during 1997 and returned afterwards to their families. For the single month of January 1998, a total number of 199 Togolese were brought back and returned to their legitimate parents. ("Child peddling Serious Problem in Togo and Benin," All Africa News Agency, 23 March 1998)

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Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation
Donna M. Hughes, Laura Joy Sporcic and Nadine Z. Mendelsohn