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{{Use Nigerian English|date=February 2021}}
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'''[[Nigeria]]''' is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons including forced labour and forced prostitution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strengthening the policy framework and response to human trafficking in Nigeria |url=https://www.unodc.org/nigeria/en/strengthening-the-policy-framework-and-response-to-human-trafficking-in-nigeria.html |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=www.unodc.org}}</ref> The U.S. State Department's [[Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons]] placed the country in [[Trafficking in Persons Report#Ranking System|"Tier 2 Watchlist"]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trafficking in Persons Report 2017: Tier Placements |url=https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2017/271117.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628043920/https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2017/271117.htm |archive-date=28 June 2017 |access-date=1 December 2017 |website=www.state.gov |language=en-US}}</ref> Trafficked people, particularly women and children, are recruited from within and outside the country's borders – for involuntary domestic servitude, [[sexual exploitation]], street hawking, domestic servitude, [[mining]], begging etc.<ref name=dos>
Human trafficking in Nigeria is due to population boom and unfavourable economic conditions that aggravate [[unemployment]], underemployment and insecurity which prompt citizens to seek for better opportunities in other countries. These opportunities include education, decent jobs and higher income. About 15 million Nigerians reside outside Nigeria as a result of demand for access to quality education and jobs.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />Human trafficking remains a major challenge to the global community<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-13 |title=NAPTIP to partner security agencies, traditional rulers in fight against trafficking |url=https://guardian.ng/news/naptip-to-partner-security-agencies-traditional-rulers-in-fight-against-trafficking/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}</ref> because it is a threat to human and the causes of crimes in the world at large .Since 2009, Nigeria has made efforts to tackle human trafficking through collaboration with the [[Nigerian Police Force|Police]], [[customs]], [[immigration]], [[Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour]](NACTAL) and [[National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons]](NAPTIP).<ref name="dos" /> Specifically, the Public Enlightenment Unit of NAPTIP, with focus in remote areas of Benue, Kogi, and Edo states, partners with [[Devatop Centre for Africa Development]] to create awareness and had educated over 5000 women, teenagers, educators and youth on human trafficking prevention. In 2015, they initiated "The Academy for Prevention of Human Trafficking and Other Related Matters (TAPHOM)", a pilot project to train anti-human trafficking advocates to combat human trafficking in their communities. Between 2015 and 2016, the project have trained 120 people from 6 states.<ref name="icirnigeria.org" />
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