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A non-governmental organisation, Live Abundantly, on Monday, embarked on a roadshow or walk in Lagos to mark this year’s World Day Against Human Trafficking. The NGO embarked on the roadshow in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking and the International Organisation for Migration. During the awareness campaign monitored by our correspondent,…
By Funke Busari Over time, most young Nigerians with promising careers have fallen victims of human traffickers. Many a time, it has taken the intervention of government agencies to rescue survivors from the jaws of death and life of regret. But many have not been so fortunate. Not a few have died from every form…
How torture, inaction underpin UAE’s thriving sex trafficking industry African women trafficked into the UAE are forced into debt and subjected to threats and violence, as they are kept in sexual slavery. The case of Christy Gold, who has been charged with sex trafficking in Nigeria, highlights the torment endured by these women in the…
The Nigerian Government and its Canadian counterpart on Tuesday vowed to scale up efforts at stemming the tide of trafficking in persons and migrants smuggling. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persona (NAPTIP) said both countries, through the technical partner, Ark Group, will promote projects to consolidate on the agency’s past achievements,…
This year’s theme was Victims’ Voices Lead the Way. KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Human trafficking is the third-largest crime in the world, behind drugs and arms trafficking, and Malaysia is no …
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over 11 victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Sokoto. The Service’s Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Controller of Corrections (CC), Tony Akuneme, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Akuneme said the victims were repatriated back…
Following her extradition to Italy for the crimes of human trafficking, exploitation for prostitution, slavery and abetting unlawful migration, a Nigerian, Charity Omoruyi, also known as ‘Jeff Joy’ is set to spend a 13-year jail term imposed on her by the court of Ancona in Italy. Daily Trust on Sunday reports that collaboration between the…
The recently launched global report on trafficking in persons has revealed that for the first time, the number of victims detected globally decreased by 11 per cent, a reduction that is largely driven by low and medium-low-income countries, writes Ugo Aliogo Recently the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) launched its 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in persons,…
The Nigerian Government and its Canadian counterpart on Tuesday vowed to scale up efforts at stemming the tide of trafficking in persons and migrants smuggling. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persona (NAPTIP) said both countries, through the technical partner, Ark Group, will promote projects to consolidate on the agency’s past achievements,…
By MOHAMMED MOMOH Nigeria police thought they had wiped out the baby factory menace. That was until a 17-year-old was caught in homestead where he was ‘assigned’ to impregnate ten young women in Nigeria’s Rivers State. The boy was just a stud or a “breeder”. The crackdown in Obio/Akpor last month also saw two women…
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