Cartographies of Exploitation: Multi-Scalar Governance and Structural Violence in Nigeria’s Child Trafficking Networks
Journal: Journal of Contemporary International Relations and Diplomacy
Year: 2025

This study interrogates the structural and geopolitical determinants of child trafficking in Nigeria, situating the phenomenon within globalized circuits of informal labour and the logics of structural violence. Employing a mixed-methods design—comprising geospatial analysis, 600 household surveys, and 32 semi-structured interviews across Benue, Edo, Borno, and Lagos States—the research uncovers trafficking’s spatial concentration in infrastructurally neglected rural hinterlands, peri-urban marg