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Human trafficking is a major global challenge confronting the world today. This ugly development pervades nearly all African countries including Nigeria. In recognition of the fact that human trafficking is not only a violation of human rights but a crime that is against all laws, efforts have been severally made by bodies at both domestic and international levels to contend with this insolent and dehumanizing practice. To this end, at the international level, several treaties, Protocols and Conventions to which Nigeria is a signatory to have been negotiated. [1] In Nigeria, the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act, 2003/2005, the Child Rights Act, 2003/2005, were enacted in addition to extant laws of different states dealing with Trafficking in Persons. This work, therefore, is a modest attempt at assessing the efficacy of these various legal regimes in curbing the menace in Nigeria. To this end, the researchers have carefully x-rayed the stre...
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In the West African sub-region, the trend of trafficking in persons is widespread; and the phenomenon now attaining its peak unhindered, has actually portrayed Nigeria as a nation occupying a central position as an originating state, transit and destination for victims of trafficking. There is also evidence of internal trafficking from rural zones to cities. The menace of human trafficking in Nigerian state has taken an indescribable facet in the last two decades owing to the factors of; massive unemployment, poverty, recession in the economy, conflicts, globalization, existing weak legal system, and inadequate legislation, and political Journal of Public Administration and Governance ISSN 2161-7104 2021, Vol. 11, No. 2 http://jpag.macrothink.org 111 will. Trafficking in person is an organized crime and a modern form of slavery. The two methods used by traffickers to get their victims are deception and through force. Human trafficking has continued to strive in Nigeria because of sh...
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Human trafficking stands out today as one of the gravest crimes confronting virtually every part of the globe; with African countries being the worst hit. African countries have been differently affected by the scourge either as countries of origin transit or destination. This paper reveals that Nigeria is affected in all of the different forms – it is a country of origin, a transit as well as destination. These developments, therefore, propelled the Nigerian government to join other nations of the world to fight human trafficking. This paper explores the various institutional measures employed by the Nigerian government to tackle human trafficking and assess the progress recorded so far in the circumstance. The paper contends that with a well structured and properly maintained enforcement institution on ground, human trafficking in Nigeria would be reduced to the barest minimum if not completely eradicated. KEY WORDS: Institutional, Framework, Combating, Human, Trafficking.
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Human trafficking entails a variety of crimes and abusers connected with the recruitment, movement and sale of people into a range of exploitative situations in Nigeria and all over the world. Human trafficking is complex phenomenon which requires States to legislatively arm themselves to confront it as a serious crime, committed by criminals and perpetrated against victims. The Trafficking in Person (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2015 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (herinafter the Palermo Protocol), supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (hereinafter the TOC Convention) require the implementation of laws which can properly respond to human trafficking, in as nuanced and effective a way as the crime is complex and injurious. The successful prosecution of traffickers and compensation of victims can only be brought about by laws and regulations which have effectively criminalised all elements of trafficking in persons in accordance with 13 of (TIPPEAA) 2015 and Article 5 of the Palermo Protocol. The complex interplay of elements requires that laws be broad enough to cover the varied ways in which people are being exploited, while simultaneously being specific enough to address the often convoluted process of trafficking.The government of Nigeria and some States in Nigeria have made enormous and frantic efforts to combat the act of human trafficking. Respectively, the legal and institutional framework for combating human trafficking will be clearly established. Apart from the legal and institutional framework for combating the act, this paper suggests other possible ways for combating the act of human trafficking in Nigeria.