NAPTIP rescues over 180 trafficked children, links trafficking operations to CSO networks

The latest operation follows a PREMIUM TIMES investigation that exposed the alleged trafficking of more than 300 children from conflict-affected communities in Benue State under the guise of a “Back-to-School” programme.

By Favour Ulebor ABUJA — The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has rescued more than 180 children allegedly trafficked from five states by suspected criminal syndicates operating under the guise of civil society organisations. The agency disclosed this in a statement on Monday, sayi

Challenging Heights has rescued twenty-five (25) trafficked children, aged between six and fourteen years, from forced labour on Lake Volta in a weekend operation conducted in collaboration with the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service and the Department of Social Welfare . The rescued children comp