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Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons including forced labour and forced prostitution. [1] The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2 Watchlist" in 2017. [2]
The Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015 is a 23 page document published by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The act is divided into 12 parts (Part I - XII). They include: [2] Part I-this part defines the objectives of the act as re-enacted in 2015. It identified three main objectives.
A-TIPSOM is in partnership with various non-governmental and governmental organizations to engage in various activities which include the rescue of victims of human trafficking, [8] anti-human trafficking campaigns, [9] and training. A-TIPSOM's programs operate in areas known as the five P's: policy, prevention, protection, partnership and ...
NAPTIP is mandated to enforce the Trafficking in Persons(Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (TIPPEA) in Nigeria. [10] In 2015, the Agency was also given the responsibility of implementing the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAAP) Act which was then passed into law by the National Assembly.
Network Against Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) is an umbrella organisation of Nigerian non-governmental organizations engaged in advocacy and campaign for children's rights, anti-human trafficking, human rights abuse and child labour [1] with some 220 member organizations in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory.
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons; National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons; Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour; Idia Renaissance
Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) is an organization set up to tackle child trafficking, sexual trafficking, abuse and labour against women and children in Nigeria. These institutions are empowered and supported by the government to ensure that the menace of sex traffickers is reduced or totally eradicated from the ...
Children victims of human trafficking from Nigeria often are trafficked in Nigeria or other African countries. [19] Human trafficking is a significant transnational crime, which is seen as similar to a modern day slave trade. [19] Edo state is recorded to have the highest percentage of externally trafficked victims in Nigeria. [18]