NAPTIP: Human Traffickers Must Be Treated as Terrorists

The event was aimed at enlightening people across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria on the dangers of human trafficking, child labour and irregular migration among others, so as to reduce the human casualties that have characterised the ugly development.

She said, “Nigerian government over the years and particularly, under the current administration, holds a unique philosophy for national security which is to establish a safe and secure environment.

“Gaps in national security portend a great threat to social and economic goals. Research has proven a strong link between weak migration system and insecurity as migrants sometimes become objects of criminal exploitation,” she explained.

She identified illegal border crossing, document forgery, abuse of human rights, kidnapping, money laundering, drug trafficking, weapon trafficking and violence against persons (VAPs) as offshoot of human trafficking and major components of illicit crime networks that are capable of breaching and sabotaging the positive elements of national security.