Unongu Shares Mind

LUCKY, THE UNLUCKY ONE. A Trafficking Story Written By Moses A. Unongu My name is Lucky Omoregie. I am eighteen years of age and the last child in the family of four. My parents, Mr. and Mrs. Omoregie got divorced while I was still in my mother’s womb, so, I hardly know the man that calls himself my father. I was brought up single handedly by my mother who hardly talks about issues concerning my father. At some point, mum insinuated that dad might have died since he has not bothered to pay us a visit and at least see how I have grown to become. And honestly, I believed her. What on earth would make a man turn his back on his family for over seventeen years? A family with a mother so loving and caring, and four poverty stricken but promising children? It beats my imagination till this day. Mama Rebecca, as my mother is fondly called in our Uli community of Imo State, squeezed water out of stone to see us through school, though partially. Rebecca my

TWENTY-SEVEN EXCLUSIVE FACTS ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING Simply put , human trafficking is the illegal trade in human beings for the purposes of exploitation; a modern-day form of slavery . It is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, and has overtaken the illegal arms industry as the second largest, after the drug trade. Below are twenty-seven (27) facts (exclusive but not exhaustive) about human trafficking; 1.       Human trafficking is Modern Day Slavery. 2.       There are more slaves in the world today than has ever been in history. (B. E. Skinner, 2008) 3.       Nigeria serves as a source, transit and destination country for Human Trafficking and indentured labour. 4.       There are more Nigerian girls, who are involved in exploitative sex trade, in Italy than any other place abroad. 5.       The Illela and Kamba Border areas in Sokoto and Kebbi respectively, are known to be the most popular routes used by human traffickers in

  AN OVERVIEW OF NAPTIP AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA v Introduction of NAPTIP as the Anti-Human Trafficking Agency In Nigeria ü Came into being on the 8 th of August,   2003 ü The Agency is the creation of Trafficking In Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act, a.k.a. TIPLEA Act, 2003 as amended. ü The Agency is the Federal Government of Nigeria’s response to addressing the scourge of trafficking in persons in Nigeria and its attendance human abuse in its entire ramification. ü It is also a fulfillment of Nigeria’s international obligation under the TIP protocol supplementing the UN’s Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) Convention, which Nigeria became signatory in December 2000. ü NAPTIP is the only Government Agency that is FULLY COMMITTED to the prevention of all forms of human degradation and exploitation through the coordinated use of the nation’s crime prevention and law enforcement resources; to stamp out hum