National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is a Law Enforcement Agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, founded on the 14th of July, 2003 by the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act of 2003 to combat human trafficking and other similar human rights violations.[1]
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Formed | 14 July 2003 (14 July 2003) |
Type | Law enforcement |
Jurisdiction | Federal Government of Nigeria |
Headquarters | Abuja, FCT, Nigeria |
Motto | Ensuring a Human Trafficking free Nation |
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Parent agency | Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development |
Website | naptip |
NAPTIP is a National compliance to the international obligation under the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and responds to the need to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons, especially women, and children, complementing the United Nations Transnational Organized Crime Convention (UNTOC).[1][2] It is one of the Agencies under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Justice.[3]
Since its inception, the Agency has investigated over ten thousand cases of human trafficking and prosecuted about five hundred offenders.[2] Between 2003 and 2017, they convicted over 600 human traffickers and rescued about 21000 victims from Libya and other places.[4][5] Professor Fatima Waziri - Azi, assumed office as the Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on September 21, 2021.[6]