The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has secured no fewer than 379 convictions of traffickers since the criminalisation of the offence in 2003.
The Director of Public Enlightenment of the agency, Mr Orakwe Arinze, disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu.
Arinze spoke on the sidelines of a media dialogue with Nigerian editors and heads of media establishments organised by International Organisation on Migration (IOM).
He said that the menace was endemic in the country to the extent that Nigeria had become a source and destination for traffickers. Read more