The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), said it has rescued a victim of forced labour in Egypt. NAPTIP ForcedLabour Egypt Trafficking Nigeria
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons , said it has rescued a victim of forced labour in Egypt.
The lady , was received by Officers of NAPTIP on January 30th, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, at about 14:28hrs local time. According to NAPTIP, preliminary intelligence gathering revealed that the victim, a Nigerian female, from Edo State, was trafficked to Cairo, in May 2019, by a Nigerian syndicate who are in the business of moving Nigerians to the Middle East for labour exploitation, but she was told that she would be employed to teach English.
The Agency said it engaged the victim, the Nigerian Embassy in Egypt and other stakeholders, which led to her successful rescue on November 27th, and eventual repatriation on January 30th.
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