West African Voodoo: A Technique for Control by Human Traffickers

West African Voodoo: A Technique for Control by Human Traffickers

West African Voodoo: A Technique for Control by Human Traffickers

This paper examines the way in which Voodoo is often used as a coercive tool to human traffic West African victims. As they fully believe in the powers of Voodoo, their fear of speaking out against their trafficker is compounded by their fear of breaking the Voodoo oath their trafficker has forced them to take.