Benue State University, Makurdi

An Appraisal of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2015

Afolabi, A., Akaa, F. and Abdul Yusuf Kayode

Abstract

In view of the need to combat human trafficking and the illegal smuggling of migrants, series of laws have been passed to curb this menace. These laws have enabled the relevant agencies to exercise some powers to rescue the victims of human trafficking. This paper uses the doctrinal method of legal research to examine the recently enacted Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration (TIPPEA) Act 2015 which provides for the role of the judiciary in combating human trafficking as well as giving powers to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) aimed at combating human trafficking and the illegal smuggling of migrants. The paper finds that several laws have been made to curb trafficking in persons while recent amendments to these relevant laws have curbed the menace of trafficking in persons considerably in Nigeria.

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