Tag: National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons

“However, some NAPTIP undercover agents were already planted to play along with the traffickers who were directing their movement via ...

“The victim gave birth three days ago before her rescue in an uncompleted building.”

Mrs Edomwonyi was convicted on Thursday in Benin, for the same offence she was rescued from at Seme borders, a ...

“The victims comprised six males and 29 females, aged between five and 42 years respectively.”

Mrs Sulaiman-Ibrahim’s credential does not match the requirements stipulated by the NAPTIP law for the top job.

The incident occured in Sokoto State, an official said.

NAPTIP says the 71 victims were rescued when it conducted three operations between July 15 and 19.

The official also called for life imprisonment instead of capital punishment for convicted rapists

In 2018, NAPTIP received 1,076 human trafficking and other related cases, out of which 206 were investigated.

The agency says though there are others reasons for trafficking, prostitution is the most common.

The suspect also reportedly impregnated the victim.

The agency says the state is currently ranked second in human trafficking in the country.

An official says as soon as investigations are over, the suspects would be charged to court.

Some officials were fired for arranging "professional sureties" for suspects for a fee.

The agency says three females rehabilitated have been trained to university level.

The victims include 78 females and 25 males.

Some 359 people have so far been convicted in 15 years of establishment of NAPTIP.

Thirty suspected human traffickers were arrested within the period.

The federal government has mandated the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), to carry out a ...

About 65 per cent of the affected from Edo, Delta.

The suspect was also arrested.

"We've had meetings with all of the juju priests, they said they did not even know."

The group tells NAPTIP to use a 'carrot and stick' approach for the native doctors.

Edo State is reputed to have the largest cases of human trafficking in Nigeria.

The suspect was arrested at the airport.