The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it rescued over 17,000 victims of human trafficking and jailed over 550 traffickers.
Its Director-General, Sen. Basheer Muhammed, disclosed this on Tuesday during a joint briefing in Abuja ahead of the 2021 World Day Against Human Trafficking scheduled for July 30.
In addition, the “Strenthening Trans-Regional Action and Responses against the Smuggling of Migrants-STARSOM” project supported by Canada would also be launched, to be implemented by the UNODC. He said it would also strengthen capacities to prevent, investigate and prosecute TIP/SOM cases, combat activities of migrant smuggling networks and enhance law enforcement and judicial responses.
He, therefore, stressed the need for NAPTIP to continue to partner with the Civil Society Organisations and other partners in achieving mandates.
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