Benue State University, Makurdi

The Global Fight against Trafficking in Person: The Role of Nigeria

Abubakar Jika Jiddere

Abstract

Trafficking in persons is the worst violation of fundamental human rights in the contemporary world, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children are being trafficked across national borders and subjected to inhuman treatments that threaten their very survival, they are being abused and exploited by their traffickers, this ugly business has become a matter of serious concern to governments and non-governmental organizations both at the domestic and international levels, this paper looked at the role of Nigeria in the fight against trafficking in persons, it relied on secondary materials and qualitative analysis of the data and recommended that, the government must improve the economic situation, so as to create employment opportunities, especially for the youth and particularly females, severe punitive measures should be taken against those found trafficking in children, particularly minors.

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