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In 2018, the police came to a home in Saugus, Massachusetts, to rescue Anabelle Masalon, a Filipina housekeeper who had been essentially a prisoner of the family from the United Arab Emirates that employed her. She had been forced to work 21-hour days, earning no more than $400 a month, unable to leave the house…
By Abbas Bamalli The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says over 900 victims of human trafficking were rescued and repatriated to the Katsina State Command. The Director General (DG) of the agency, Dr Fatima Waziri-Azi, gave this indication at a border community sensitisation programme on Wednesday at Babban Mutum community,…
The police and immigration personnel in Katsina and Kebbi have rescued 30 persons being trafficked across the state. In separate statements on Friday, the victims confessed they were being trafficked out of the country. Nine victims were rescued in Katsina State while the remaining 21 were rescued in Kebbi State. Gambo Isa, the police spokesperson…
The Nigeria Immigration Service on Saturday said it rescued nine victims of human trafficking along the Kazaure – Daura road in Jigawa State, North-west, Nigeria. The head of the command, Ahmad Bagari, told reporters that the victims were intercepted on 7 October, at about 5:00 p.m. as they were about to leave the country for…
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ukpo, through his lawyer, Bamidele Igbinedion, had filed a motion on notice marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/984/202, urging the court to set aside the orders, directing some agencies of government and banks to release his biodata to Ekweremadu and his wife. Ukpo, who joined the Ekweremadus as applicants/respondents in the…
Alex Enumah in Abuja David Ukpo, the young man at the center of an alleged organ harvesting crime involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, have asked a Federal High Court, Abuja to reverse its July 1 ruling that ordered the release of his bio-data in respect of a case against Ekweremadu and wife…
An alleged victim of organ harvesting, David Nwamini, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to vacate its order for the release of his biometric information to Ike Ekweremadu. Mr Ekweremadu, a former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria and his wife, Beatrice, were arrested in the United Kingdom in June for allegedly trying to…
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — We don’t have all the answers, but we do have a lot of local resources to help you navigate this difficult time in our communities. See below for a list of human rights resources that will help you find an ally and get help. This list will keep growing, so if…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has revealed the real age of Nwamini David Ukpo, the man at the centre of the alleged transplant saga involving former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. The Comptroller General of NIS, Isa Jere, said Ukpo is actually 21 years and not 15 as reported in…
As the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the Protocols thereto, including the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air (Smuggling of Migrants Protocol) and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (Trafficking in Persons Protocol), UNODC strives…
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