NAPTIP receives 231 Trafficking Victims from Ghana, vows crackdown on West African syndicates

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has received 231 Nigerian victims of human trafficking rescued in Ghana, as the agency pledged to intensify efforts to dismantle cross-border trafficking syndicates operating in the West African sub-region. The victims, comprised 227 males and four females between the ages of 15 and 18, were rescued by the Ghanaian Economic and Organized Crimes Office (EOCO) in collaboration with NAPTIP and handed over to the agency at its Lagos Zonal Command Office in Ikeja. In a letter to NAPTIP, the…