The Edo State Task Force Against Human Trafficking (ETAHT) has warned pastors and reverends of some Christian denominations, and other religious leaders, actively promoting irregular migration and the trafficking of Edo young men and women to desist from such acts or risk imprisonment. In a statement issued yesterday, the taskforce noted that,these offences are highly […]
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UN blasts Nigeria for human trafficking
The United Nations on Monday criticised Nigeria for failing to tackle human trafficking, after a human rights mission looked at efforts to stamp out the organised trade in people. “What is being done is not enough,” the world body’s special rapporteur on the subject, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, told reporters at the end of an eight-day […] …
Trafficking: NAPTIP rescues 13,000 victims, rehabilitates 6,000
Man gives out two-year-old son as collateral for N180,000 loan
The Police Command in Cross River has arrested a couple for allegedly trafficking their two-year old first son to an agent in Port Harcourt in exchange for money. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Hafiz Inuwa, who presented the suspects to journalists on Tuesday in Calabar, said the couple were arrested on July 23 in Calabar […] …
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NAPTIP rescues 12,939 victims of human trafficking
Immigration arrests suspected human trafficker, rescues 7 victims
Facebook doesn’t prevent human traffickers from using platform to recruit victims, UK says
Crime agency identifies 800 Facebook accounts linked to smuggling gangs Facebook is failing to prevent human traffickers from luring victims through the social network, law enforcement officials in Britain said on Friday. Criminal gangs are openly advertising “travel agent” style services into Europe, which conceal the risk of death or entrapment, said Chris Hogben, who […] …
