Examination Of The Legal Framework For Combating Human Trafficking In Nigeria

CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION

This research seeks to examine the legal framework for combating human trafficking in Nigeria. The term "human trafficking" is the trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage , or the extractions of organs or tissues. Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. Human trafficking is a crime against the person because of the violation of the victim"s rights of movement through coercion and because of their commercial exploitation. Human trafficking is the trade in people, and does not necessarily involve the movement of the person from one place to another.
Human trafficking represented an estimated $31.6 billion of international trade per annum in 2010 . Human trafficking is thought to be one of the fastest-growing activities of trans-national criminal organizations . According to report, the most common form of human trafficking (79%) is sexual exploitation. The victims of sexual exploitation are predominantly women and girls. Surprisingly, women make up the largest proportion of traffickers. That is, women trafficking women is the norm. Trafficking is driven by gender inequalities, social exclusion, the absence of equal opportunity and prospects for employment.

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