SISTERS OF NO MERCY tells the very personal stories of Faith, Linda, Betty and Queen – four Nigerian girls whose dream of a better future turned into a prostitution nightmare on the streets of Europe. Lured by Europe’s wealth, they do not only suffer from the horrible exploitation as sex slaves, but have to go through an occult “juju” ritual, which inescapably ties them to their traffickers – until they repay their individual debt of up to € 60,000. At the hub of this brutal new African slave trade are the so-called ‘Madams’ – Nigerian female pimps, who make the human trafficking business from Nigeria the only major organized crime business worldwide controlled by women. Told through the eyes of the trade’s victims, SISTERS OF NO MERCY, for the first time ever, sheds light on a new and vicious form of slavery between Africa and countries such as Italy, where an estimated one in three prostitutes comes from Nigeria today.

Director, Festivals & Awards
SISTERS OF NO MERCY is the first film by young German filmmaker Lukas Roegler and is the result of a completely independent, two-year investigative journalism project in Nigeria. For his personal dedication the director won the Shell Personal Development Award, as well as the German “Goldener Gong” media award for extraordinary achievements in radio and television. On September 29, 2007, SISTERS OF NO MERCY had its world premiere at the Festival do Rio IFF in Brazil and was awarded the Silver World Medal at the prestigious New York Festivals in February 2008.