According to NAPTIP, Trafficked Nigerian Girls, Stranded in Mali.

Nwawenne, who spoke Sunday in Benin during the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, lamented that Mali used to be a destination for so many trafficked victims from the Benin Zone, adding that Malians are now being trafficked to the Edo State capital of Nigeria.

He said: “We just gathered intelligence that victims are now being trafficked from Mali to Benin City. We are currently investigating. Over 20,000 Nigerians, young girls and boys, particularly girls, are stranded in Mali. Mali used to be a destination for so many trafficked victims from this command, but the Malians are now coming.

“We have heard stories of Malian men ready to do whatever they can to meet Nigerian girls, but now the reverse is the case. A victim had once confessed that they earned more money going to Mali.”

At the event organized by NAPTIP Edo Command in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other stakeholders.

The zonal commander, who spoke after a road walk through some principal streets in Benin, cried that amid the escalating trafficking issues, global and national responses, particularly in developing States, appeared to be deteriorating.

According to NAPTIP, Trafficked Nigerian Girls, Stranded in Mali.

He said: “Detection rates fell by 11% in 2020, and convictions plummeted by 27%, illustrating a worldwide slowdown in the criminal justice response to trafficking.”

Nwawenne urged stakeholders to collaborate more in raising awareness and promoting community ownership of anti-human trafficking drives.

The Edo Chairperson of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Ms Ann Ojugo, said that the association would continue to partner with NAPTIP in the fight against trafficking.

Ojugo said that more Persons with Disabilities (PWDS) were becoming victims of trafficking and exploitation due to their specific nature of not having easy access to information.

He said: “Most of the broadcast stations don’t use sign language interpreters to present issues of national interest, so if a deaf person is watching a programme on human trafficking, he or she can not understand.

She said, People traffic PWDs from rural areas to the cities for exploration. You see some of them in the motor parks begging for money. Some PWDs in Nigeria are promised greener pastures abroad but are duped and exploited.

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