Tag: Trafficking
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Court jails Chinese national, two others for currency trafficking
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of a Chinese National, Ma Yongbin and two others, Abdullahi Obaka and Rose Ayaele before Justice J.K. Daggard of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano on one count of dealing in currency without authority. The convicts ran into trouble when the daughter to the…
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More than 25,000 Nigerians held in slave and sex camps Lybia in 2017-NAPTIP boss
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more than 25,000 Nigerians have been held in slave and sex camps in Lybia. Okah-Donli made this known while defending the agency’s 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on…
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Slave trade: NAPTIP, NIS, partner EU, others on trafficking, migration in Nigeria
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, and Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, have partnered with the European Union, EU, the International Organisation for Migration, IOM, and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, on how to combat illegal migration and human trafficking in the country. The Director General of NAPTIP,…
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Human trafficking is evil, it strips our youth of dignity, denies them opportunity – Elumelu
In recognition of the growing concerns around human trafficking in Africa, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), an African founded and funded 21st century philanthropic organization committed to youth empowerment and entrepreneurship development, hosted the Director General of Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli. According to Okah-Donli, UNESCO ranks…
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Edo to set up task force to combat trafficking
Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, highlighted some of his administration’s measures to tackle human trafficking, revealing that a special task force led by the newly-sworn in Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of the state, Professor Yinka Omoregbe, would be set up to address the social malaise. He added that the DSS, the…
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Nigerian Doctor, hubby docked for trafficking in UK
A Nigerian medical Doctor, Dr Ayodeji Adewakun, 44, and her husband Abimbola Adewakun, 48, have been accused of trafficking a Nigerian woman to the UK before making her work 18-hour shifts and beating her when she asked for higher wages. The couple were also alleged to have paid babysitter Iyambo Olatunji “just £20’’ a week…