Tag: National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons

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.

The operatives recovers a baby sold for N910,000.

The organisations outline areas of partnership.

After the girl exposed convict, attacked her with a bottle, injuring the girl in the head.

The returnees comprise 155 male adults, five female adults, four children and infants.

A total of 4,281 Nigerians were deported from several European, American and African countries.

The convictions were recorded between January and August.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

“We have 105 females comprising 101 female adults, three female children and one female infant.”

A victim exposed the elaborate criminal scheme.

All the deportees were alleged to have committed immigration-related offences in their host countries.

A senator, Shehu Sani, called for total criminalisation of human trafficking.

Many Nigerians, he said, had died while being trafficked to other countries.

Nigeria sought more cooperation with Italian and British authorities to fight trafficking.

The new partnership will allow NAPTIP to conduct joint operation with UK security agencies.

A minister said the government will consider special intervention fund for NAPTIP.