Children constitute 50% of trafficked Nigerian victims in 2020 – UNODC
By Joy Odigie Benin, Jan. 19, 2021 Half of human trafficking victims in Nigeria in 2020 were children, Chervine Oftadeh, an official of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC) said in Benin on Tuesday. Oftadeh, an Associate Expert said his declaration was informed by a baseline assessment conducted by UNODC in Nigeria. He was speaking at a capacity building training for law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges on investigation of trafficking and prosecution of traffickers. He said that the assessment showed that there was lack of sufficient cooperation and coordination between the ...