Some of the victims. Photo credit: NAPTIP
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has received 12 victims of human trafficking repatriated from Ghana as part of its ongoing trans-border collaboration with state and non-state actors in the fight against human trafficking.
The Lagos Command disclosed this in a statement shared on Tuesday via the agency’s social media page, saying the victims were rescued through coordinated efforts involving the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana and other sister law enforcement agencies.
The victims include nine females aged between 17 and 19, two males aged 22, and a baby.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that they were recruited, deceived, and trafficked to Ghana with a fake promise of a lucrative job by yet to be identified traffickers, but were forced into prostitution and cybercrime in Ghana,” the statement said.
