The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has vowed to crack down harder on human trafficking syndicates, especially those exploiting digital platforms.
Speaking in Abuja to flag off activities marking the 2025 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Director-General Binta Adamu Bello warned that traffickers should brace up for a more aggressive response.
“It will no longer be business as usual,” she said, outlining new strategies focused on coordination, cyber surveillance, and partnerships with intelligence agencies.
Bello revealed that NAPTIP has bolstered its cybercrime unit to tackle emerging trends like fake scholarship offers, online loan scams, baby factories, and organ harvesting networks.
The agency is also working with the Ministry of Justice’s joint cybercrime team.
The agency’s five-point strategy—prevention, protection, policy, partnership, and prosecution—has led to increased rescues, stricter enforcement, and policy gains.
United Nations officials present reaffirmed their support, calling trafficking a transnational organised crime rooted in poverty and exploitation.
UNODC and other partners urged more grassroots action and accountability to stop traffickers from targeting Nigeria’s most vulnerable populations.
