Human Trafficking: NAPTIP Secured 23 Convictions In 2019 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 21, 2019
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking inPersons, NAPTIP says it secured twenty-three convictions of human traffickingoffenders in 2019.
The Agency’s Director-General, Julie Okah-Donli, whoannounced this at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja, said a total ofseven-hundred-and-forty-nine human trafficking and other related cases werereported to the agency, out of which five-hundred-and-thirty-eight suspectswere taken to court for prosecution.
She attributed the success recorded to the support theagency received from local and international partners, including the media.
According to her, NAPTIP, with the support of theInternational Centre for Migration and Policy Development, ICMPD successfullymainstreamed trafficking in persons issues into the minimum standards curriculumof Colleges of Education.
She added that about four hundred teachers had been trainedby NAPTIP and the National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, onmethods to adopt in teaching the course.