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NAPTIP boss wants stakeholders to cripple human traffickers’ finance

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* Says its only solution to win war against humanity trafficking In its bid to curb the menace of human trafficking in the country, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP has said that human traffickers must be crippled economically by destination countries and international law enforcement agencies. The NAPTIP Director-General, […]

Death of 26 girls: NAPTIP boss in Italy, demands full disclosure, prosecution of culprits

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The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah-Donli, has asked the Italian authorities to ensure that those involved in the death of the 26 girls on the Mediterranean Sea are properly identified and prosecuted. The NAPTIP boss also frowned at the haste with which the girls […]

NAPTIP: Court jails 2 for defilement, traficking of 8-year-old girl

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A Federal High Court in Enugu has convicted Ernest Obieze and Ferdinand Okechukwu for unlawful trafficking of an eight-year-old girl and having carnal knowledge of her. The convicted persons were sentenced to five-year jail term each with additional fine of N100, 000 each. They are also to serve additional 3 years in prison if they […]

Germany trains NAPTIP, EFCC officers on crime fighting

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Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The German Police have concluded the training of the officers of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on various strategies in the fight against human trafficking. The training, tagged “Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Exploitation” and which ended […]

Nigeria’s human organ harvesters to be investigated by NAPTIP

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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it will commence investigation into illegal human organ harvesting in the country. Organ harvesting is the illegal removal of human organ or tissue without a person’s consent; generally to be sold on the black market for organ transplants. The Director General of NAPTIP, […]

US rates NAPTIP high in combating human trafficking

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​The renewed efforts by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to curtail incidences of human trafficking in the country has received a major boost as the United States of America (USA) has thrown its weight behind the activities of the Agency in order to improve its effectiveness as a model […]

Human trafficking, now a national, international epidemic – NAPTIP DG

.Says agency has secured over 329 convictions * Decries new dimension of ‘organs harvesting’ Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah Donli, has expressed fear over the rate and the dimension human trafficking is taking, saying that the development has now attained […]

NAPTIP records 6 convictions, rescues 158 in Benin zone

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The Benin Zone of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) secured six convictions from January to August. The Controller of the zone, Mr. Nduka Nwanwenne, made this known on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin. The zone established in 2004 comprises Edo and […]

NAPTIP D-G seeks prosecution of human traffickers

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The Director General, National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), Barr Julie Okah-Donli has called for the prosecutions and convictions of human traffickers in the destination countries. She made the call in Abuja during a courtesy visit on Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, […]