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Inside Nigeria's thriving, quick-fire sale 'baby factories' – The East African
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Inside Nigeria's thriving, quick-fire sale 'baby factories' – The East African

ByEyes on Trafficking News

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…

Stakeholders explain why baby factories are booming as police rescue 10 victims in Rivers
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Stakeholders explain why baby factories are booming as police rescue 10 victims in Rivers

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By Ngozi Nwoke and Tony John, Port Harcourt On January 7, operatives of C4i Intelligence Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Rivers State Command, raided suspected baby factories and made arrests. The alleged baby factories were at two different houses in Igwuruta and Omagwa communities, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. Daily Sun…

Police Arrest Child Trafficking Syndicates, Rescue 10 Pregnant Women in Rivers
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Police Arrest Child Trafficking Syndicates, Rescue 10 Pregnant Women in Rivers

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Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspects allegedly involved in child trafficking in the state. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the suspects, Favour Bright and Peace Alikor, were arrested when the operatives of C4I intelligence unit of the command raided…

JUST IN: Police bust child trafficking syndicate, rescue pregnant girls
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JUST IN: Police bust child trafficking syndicate, rescue pregnant girls

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…Four suspects arrested The Rivers State Police Command has said its operatives smashed a child trafficking syndicate and arrested four suspects in Igwuruta and Omagwa, Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of the state. Also the police said ten girls, most of whom are pregnant, including teenagers found in two of the locations raided were…

Curbing Human Trafficking Through Intelligence Gathering In Nigeria – PRNigeria News
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Curbing Human Trafficking Through Intelligence Gathering In Nigeria – PRNigeria News

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By Victor Buoro Globally acknowledged as a high-profit but low-risk criminal activity, human trafficking has unfortunately gained attention as the modern-day form of slavery that is expanding in scale with damaging repercussions on humanity and nations’ economic lives. And going by the definition that; “Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of…