The Challenges of Transnational Human Trafficking in West Africa Sawadogo, Wilfred R Human trafficking, Good governance, Poverty A major challenge to good governance, transnational trafficking in human beings has been a serious problem for years in West Africa. Attempts to understand the phenomenon have then been initiated, which unfortunately have resulted in contradictory viewpoints amongst researchers and the impacted populations. Indeed, seen by some as a mere entertainment, a source of profit, or an abstract notion with no influence and no bearing upon their lives, transnational human trafficking is, in contrast, considered by others as a crucial preoccupation, a deadly reality that has drastically influenced their daily routines. USA: University of Florida, 2012. 2012. Text 21p. http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/transitional_human_trafficking_in_west_africa.pdf