NAPTIP Facilitates Safe Rescue, Return Of 23 Nigerians From Southeast Asia
Naija News • 6d ago
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in partnership with the British High Commission Abuja, has rescued and returned 23 Nigerians trafficked to scam centres in Southeast Asia as part of efforts to combat cyber-enabled human trafficking and support survivor recovery.
The agency disclosed this at a survivor-centred event in Abuja titled “Confronting the Global Scam Centre Crisis: Perspectives of Nigerian Survivors.”
The event brought together victims recently repatriated after being trafficked to Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand under false job promises.
The rescue followed coordinated interventions by NAPTIP, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Nigerian Embassy in Bangkok, and British NGO EDEN. On-ground triangulation at the Thai–Myanmar borde...