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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]
It was established in July, 2003 to combat human trafficking and other similar human rights violations. [ 1 ] NAPTIP is a national compliance to the international obligation under the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and responds to the need to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons, especially women, and children, complementing ...
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 ...
Since its establishment in 2003, NAPTIP have been involved in human trafficking and human rights violation interventions in Nigeria. [4] In 2020, the agency rescued 108 trafficked Nigerians from Mali, while a total of 18 trafficked victims were recued in 2021. [5]
Human trafficking reports and data have shown that Edo state is a prominent source location for trafficking victims and one of the most trafficked destinations in Africa. [5] In 2016, nearly 11,000 women who arrived in Italy for sex trafficking through the Mediterranean Sea, came from Edo state. [ 6 ]
Officials say they seized and destroyed the scales in a stand against illegal wildlife trafficking. Nigeria burns $1.4m-worth of pangolin scales in anti-trafficking stand Skip to main content
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.
The Edo State Task Force Against Human Trafficking (ETAHT) is a Nigerian task force established by the Edo State Government to tackle human trafficking and irregular migration in the state, as well as the stigma that comes with it, State Task Force against human trafficking, is currently replicated in a host of southern states such as Ondo, Delta, Oyo, Lagos, Enugu, Ekiti States, etc. [1] Prof ...