Nigeria and Spain have reaffirmed their collaboration in combating trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling with the commencement of a four-day capacity-building workshop for prosecutors, investigators and intelligence officers in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the participants are drawn from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
The workshop is funded by the European Union and supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) under the Support to Migration Governance in Nigeria, Component 3 project implemented by the Spanish Government.
The training, themed “Strengthening Transnational Investigative Cooperation”, is organised by the Foundation for the Internationalisation of Public Administration (FIAP) Nigeria, a Spanish public foundation.
Speaking at the opening, FIAP Project Team Director, Mr Javier Leon, said the programme was aimed at strengthening cooperation between Nigeria and Spain in tackling trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants.
