[1] Nigerian men prefer to cross the border to seek sex as the punishment in Islamic Northern Nigeria is 50 lashes for "procuration of woman".
Victims from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Algeria, Mali, Nigeria, and Togo are exploited in sex trafficking in Niger.
In the Tahoua region of Niger, some girls in forced marriages may be exploited in commercial sex after fleeing these nominal unions.
[8] Nigerien women and children are recruited from Niger and transported to Nigeria, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe where they are subjected to sex trafficking.
In some instances, law enforcement and border officials have accepted bribes from traffickers to facilitate the transportation of victims through the country.