A/HRC/41/46/Add.1 17. Civil society organizations have widely reported cases of trafficking for the sexual exploitation of women, including by government officials, security forces and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, in State-run camps for internally displaced persons, informal camps and local communities in and around Maiduguri and across the north-east of the country. 6 They have also reported a lack of resources available to internally displaced victims of sexual exploitation and gender-based violence, who have limited access to safe spaces, confidential psychosocial counselling and medical services. Women and girls abducted by Boko Haram and babies born as a result of rape, face stigmatization and community isolation. D. Other forms of exploitation that could amount to trafficking in persons “Baby factories” and “money wives” 18. During her visit, the Special Rapporteur was informed of the existence of “baby factories”, often disguised as orphanages, maternity homes or religious centres, where women are held against their will, raped and forced to carry and deliver a child. The children are then sold, sometimes with the intent to exploit them in forced labour and sex trafficking. In February 2017, the special task force of the Nigerian army in Plateau State arrested 12 suspects for allegedly running a baby trafficking ring in Jos. 19. The Special Rapporteur was also told about the traditional practice of “money wives” within the Becheve tribe in the northern area of Cross River State, according to which women and girls are sold into marriage without or against their consent to older men, in exchange for food or to pay off a debt. Like other forms of trafficking, “money marriage” is contracted in a shrine and during the process, the spirit of the girl child or the woman is invoked and handed over to the man, after which it is believed that he can kill or harm her whenever he wishes. 20. The Special Rapporteur acknowledges that the Federal and state Governments have taken steps to criminalize activities against persons, institutions or organizations associated with baby factories and money wives, with stiff punishments under the Child Rights Act. Trafficking for the purpose of organ removal 21. While the phenomenon of trafficking for the purpose of organ removal was raised by civil society organizations during the visit through anecdotal evidence, the Special Rapporteur also received first-hand information on this practice through a Nigerian investigative journalist, who had infiltrated some of the trafficking networks. She reported having been recruited for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Europe but that, when in the hands of “juju priests” in a boot camp in a remote location, exploitation took a different dimension. She reported that some girls who were travelling with her were singled out and beheaded in her presence with a machete. Before managing to escape to save her life, she witnessed the arrival of “influential visitors”, who came to take “the products they had been promised”, referring to body parts of the victims who had just been killed. While the source could not confirm with certainty that such body parts included organs, the Special Rapporteur is concerned that trafficking for sexual exploitation may, in some cases, deteriorate into some of the worst forms of exploitation, including trafficking for the purpose of organ removal, although the magnitude of the phenomenon is unknown at present. The journalist also reported that, despite having shared this information both with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and the police, the traffickers were never identified or prosecuted. Cases of trafficking for the purpose of organ removal have also been confirmed by the Agency, including in relation to migration flows towards North Africa and the Middle East. However, the Agency reported having received only one case in 2017, which was not investigated.7 6 7 Amnesty International, “‘They betrayed us’. Women who survived Boko Haram raped, starved and detained in Nigeria” (2018). National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, “2017 Data analysis final report”. 5