04.06.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Bericht zur derzeitigen Lage im Bereich des Menschenhandels ("Trafficking in Persons Report 2008") [ID 23438]

Dokument(e): Länderberichte: H bis R
Gesamter Bericht

21.05.2008 - Quelle: Integrated Regional Information Network

Bericht zum Menschenhandel mit jungen Frauen, die mit dem Versprechen nach Arbeit als Dienstmädchen gelockt werden und dann nach Europa in die Prostitution verkauft werden. ("Porous border aids human trafficking") [ID 23266]

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04.2008 - Quelle: Danish Immigration Service

Bericht des Danish Immigration Services zum Thema Menschenhandel ("Protection of victims of trafficking in Nigeria; Report from Danish Immigration Service's fact-finding mission to Lagos, Benin City and Abuja, Nigeria; 9 to 26 September 2007") [ID 23272]

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Frauen und Kinder am stärksten gefährdet, Opfer von Menschenhändlern zu werden ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 19944]

"Women and children were most at risk of being trafficked. Boys were trafficked primarily to work as forced bondage laborers, street peddlers, and beggars, while girls were trafficked for domestic service, street peddling, and commercial sexual exploitation. Trafficking in children, and to a lesser extent in women, occurred within the country's borders. Children in rural areas were trafficked to urban centers to work as domestics, street peddlers, merchant traders, and beggars."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Information zur Organisation von Menschenhändlern und zu den Tricks, die sie anwenden um ihre Opfer zu täuschen und einzuschüchtern ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 19945]

"The UN Office of Drugs and Crime reported that individual criminals and organized criminal groups conducted trafficking, often involving relatives or other persons already known to the victims. Traffickers employed various methods during the year. Many were organized into specialties, such as document and passport forgery, recruitment, and transportation. To recruit young women, traffickers often made false promises of legitimate work outside the country. Traffickers also deceived child victims and their parents with promises of education, training, and salary payments. Once away from their families, children were subjected to harsh treatment and intimidation. Traffickers subjected victims to debt bondage, particularly victims forced into prostitution. In some cases traffickers employed practitioners of traditional magic to threaten victims with curses to procure their silence. Victims were transported by air, land, and sea. Established land routes to Europe transited Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Libya, and Morocco."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Information zu den Strafen für Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 19946]

"The law prohibits human trafficking and provides for penalties including monetary fines, imprisonment, deportation, forfeiture of assets and passport, and liability for compensation to victims in civil proceedings. Imprisonment terms range from 12 months to life, while fines range from $375 (50,000 naira) to $1,500 (200,000 naira)."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Nigeria ist ein Quellen-, Transit und Zielland beim Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23746]

"The country was a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons during the year. No government or NGO estimates on the extent of trafficking were available, but the magnitude of the problem was believed to be significant. This was based on several factors, including the number of deportees returned to the country and reports of Nigerians stranded along trafficking routes, particularly in North African countries. The largest segment of trafficking victims rescued by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) came from Akwa Ibom and Edo states. In August 2006 the executive director of the Women's Consortium for Nigeria stated that the country, and Ogun State in particular, was a strategic location for traffickers engaged in sourcing, transit, and exporting persons to other countries. In 2005 the International Labor Organization (ILO) estimated that 40 percent of child street peddlers were trafficking victims."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Zielländer und Aufgaben von Menschenhandelopfern ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23747]

"Nigerians were trafficked to Europe, the Middle East, and other countries in Africa for the purposes of forced labor, domestic servitude, and sexual exploitation. Girls and women were trafficked for forced prostitution and domestic labor to Italy, France, Spain, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and countries in West and Central Africa. UNICEF estimated between 50,000 and 70,000 African female trafficking victims were in Italy for prostitution, of which 70 percent were from Nigeria. Children were trafficked for involuntary domestic and agricultural labor and street peddling within the country and to countries in West and Central Africa. Both women and children were trafficked to Saudi Arabia for the purposes of prostitution, sexual exploitation, and labor. There also were reports that trafficked children were used as camel jockeys in the Middle East."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Behörde gegen Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23760]

"NAPTIP, a 200-employee agency with 60 investigators and 30 prosecutors dedicated to trafficking, bears primary responsibility for combating trafficking. The NPF and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) also had antitrafficking units. Following his election, President Yar'Adua dismissed the special assistant on trafficking named by former president Obasanjo."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Anstrengungen der Regierung gegen den Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23761]

"The government continued to devote resources to curb trafficking during the year but it was not enough to adequately combat the problem. Enforcement efforts continued to improve, the number of trafficking cases investigated and prosecuted during the year increased, and recordkeeping improved as NAPTIP, NPF, and NIS roles were more clearly defined through a series of NAPTIP‑sponsored meetings, conferences, training sessions, and networking events. [...]The NPF Antitrafficking Task Force was established in 2005 and staffed 22 units in states with the worst trafficking problems. Officials complained of inadequate resources, citing insufficient funding to support investigative field work."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Trotz Informationen zu Mittäterschaft von Polizisten und Beamten der Einwanderungsbehörde wurde niemand verhaftet oder verurteilt ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23762]

"Reports continued from informants and foreign officials that law enforcement officers and individuals in the immigration and airport authorities collaborated in trafficking persons across the country's borders. NAPTIP was very active in providing sensitization, including to police and customs in attending training. The law provides punitive measures for officials who aid or abet trafficking; however, NAPTIP and NPF had found no evidence of official complicity, and no officials were prosecuted, tried, or convicted of trafficking-related charges. In 2006 one police inspector was arrested in Abuja for releasing two trafficking suspects after receiving specific orders to hold them, but he was later released due to lack of evidence."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

Mangelnde Hilfe bei der Opferbetreuung ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23763]

"The government provided limited funding for assistance to victims. NAPTIP served as the point of contact for immigration and police officials when victims were found; 615 victims passed through the agency during the year. NAPTIP directly provided overnight shelter to victims, and agency officials connected victims to nongovernmental or international organizations for shelter, counseling, and reintegration assistance. NAPTIP maintained a hot line for victims and anyone seeking or wanting to provide information regarding trafficking. The hot line received approximately 50 calls during the year, which was significantly fewer than the 500 reported for 2006. This decrease was largely due to a change in the hot line number when NAPTIP headquarters was relocated and the government's inadequate effort to publicize the new number. During the year the government helped victims in some cases to repatriate to their home countries and reunited trafficked children with their families."

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11.03.2008 - Quelle: US Department of State

2007 wurden keine Opferrückführungen vorgenommen, da keine finanziellen Mittel vorhanden waren. ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23764]

"The Ministry of Employment, Labor, and Productivity, in collaboration with the ILO, NAPTIP, the police, and other federal agencies, provided food, transportation, and other logistical assistance to reunite internally and externally trafficked children with their families. In 2006 the ministry used funding from the ILO International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) to repatriate 350 trafficked child laborers to their countries of origin; however, this funding was not available during the year, and the ministry did not repatriate any child trafficking victims during the year. The government continued to operate the 120-bed shelter in Lagos, with involvement by the International Organization for Migration and the American Bar Association. NAPTIP also operated shelter facilities at secure locations in Abuja, Benin City, Uyo, and Kano."

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30.01.2008 - Quelle: BBC News

Bundesstaat Kano: 105 Kinder, die von mutmaßlichen Menschenhändlern gerettet wurden, werden ihren Eltern übergeben ("Nigerian children returned home") [ID 22639]

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10.12.2007 - Quelle: Integrated Regional Information Network

Rund 6 Millionen Kinder sind jährlich in Gefahr, für häusliche Arbeit, Zwangsarbeit, Prostitution und Pornografie gehandelt zu werden ("Stepping up the fight against child-trafficking") [ID 22643]

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18.06.2007 - Quelle: ReliefWeb

Kinderhandel nicht behobene Ursache für Infektionen in Zusammenhang mit HIV sowie traumatische und psychische Krankheiten bei Kindern ("Child trafficking exposes children to high risk infection"), Autor: Government of Nigeria [ID 22109]

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12.06.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Nigeria ist Quellen-, Transit- und Zielland für Menschenhandel von Frauen und Kindern für Zwangsarbeit und sexuelle Ausbeutung ("Trafficking in Persons Report 2007") [ID 20761]

"Nigeria is a source, transit and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Within Nigeria, women and girls are primarily trafficked for domestic servitude and sexual exploitation and boys for forced begging by religious teachers, forced street hawking, and labor exploitation in agriculture, mining, stone quarries, and as domestic labor. Transnationally, women, girls, and boys are trafficked to Nigeria from other West and Central African countries and from Nigeria to neighboring countries for the same purposes listed above. Nigerian women and girls are also trafficked to North Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Europe, most notably Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and Norway, and in small numbers to the United States, for domestic servitude and sexual exploitation."

Dokument(e): Länderberichte: H bis P
Gesamter Bericht

12.06.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Strafverfolgung von Menschenhändlern unangemessen trotz des 2003 verabschiedeten Trafficking in Persons Law Enforcement and Administration Act (Gesetz gegen Menschenhandel) ("Trafficking in Persons Report 2007") [ID 20796]

"The Government of Nigeria continued to combat trafficking through modest law enforcement efforts during the last year. Nigeria prohibits all forms of trafficking through its 2003 Trafficking in Persons Law Enforcement and Administration Act, which was amended in 2005 to increase penalties for traffickers, and its 2003 Child Rights Act. Prescribed penalties of five years' imprisonment for labor trafficking, 10 years' imprisonment for trafficking children for forced begging or hawking, and a maximum of life imprisonment for sex trafficking are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with penalties prescribed for rape. During the last year, the government reported 81 trafficking investigations, 23 prosecutions, and three convictions. Sentences imposed on traffickers were inadequate, however. Two convicted traffickers received two years' imprisonment, while the third was sentenced to only one year in prison. Two of the convictions were for sex trafficking, while the third was for child trafficking for forced begging. Responding to reports of authorities issuing fraudulent travel documentation, the government in September 2006 replaced its documentation staff and is prosecuting the suspects for fraud."

Dokument(e): Länderberichte: H bis P
Gesamter Bericht

12.06.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Nigeria bietet nur sehr wenige rechtliche Alternativen für ausländische Opfer von Menschenhandel an, die in ihrem Heimatland Not und Vergeltung erfahren würden ("Trafficking in Persons Report 2007") [ID 20797]

"The Government of Nigeria demonstrated steady efforts to protect trafficking victims during the year. NAPTIP continued to provide victims with short-term care in shelters in Lagos, Abuja, Benin City, Sokoto, Kano and Uyo, assisting 352 victims during the year. Although the government doubled its funding for anti-trafficking efforts in the last year, NAPTIP shelters are often short on food supplies and provide insufficient victim reintegration assistance. NAPTIP sometimes refers victims to UNICEF, IOM, or NGOs for reintegration assistance. The government encourages victims to assist in trafficking investigations by providing foreign victims with short-term residency and care and by routinely requesting victims' testimony against traffickers. Nigeria provides a limited legal alternative to the removal of foreign victims to countries where they face hardship or retribution - short-term residency that cannot be extended. Although victims are not inappropriately incarcerated, fined, or penalized for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked, the government places foreign victims in shelters under guard until they are repatriated."

Dokument(e): Länderberichte: H bis P
Gesamter Bericht

06.2007 - Quelle: Freedom House

2004 wurde Menschenhandel gesetzlich verboten; eine Agentur wurde eingerichtet, die sich mit Menschenhändlern befasst ("Freedom in the World 2007") [ID 20577]

"Women’s rights have suffered serious setbacks in the northern states governed under Sharia. Human trafficking to, from, and within the country for purposes of labor and prostitution is a problem. The government in 2004 outlawed human trafficking and set up an agency to deal with offenders."

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06.03.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Das Land war während des Jahres ein Sender- Empfänger- und Transitland für Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19942]

"The country was a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons during the year. No government or NGO estimates on the extent of trafficking were available, but the magnitude of the problem was believed to be significant. This was based on several factors, including the number of deportees returned to the country and reports of Nigerians stranded along trafficking routes, particularly in North African countries. The majority of trafficking victims rescued by NAPTIP came from Akwa Ibom and Edo states. In August the executive director of the Women's Consortium for Nigeria stated that the country, and Ogun State in particular, was a strategic location for traffickers engaged in sourcing, transit, and exporting persons to other countries. In 2005 the International Labor Organization (ILO) estimated that 40 percent of child street peddlers were trafficking victims."

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06.03.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Informationen zum Zielland und dazu, wofür Opfer von Menschenhandel eingesetzt werden ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19943]

"Nigerians were trafficked to Europe, the Middle East, and other countries in Africa for the purposes of forced labor, domestic servitude, and sexual exploitation. Girls and women were trafficked for forced prostitution to Italy, France, Spain, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and Niger. Children were trafficked for involuntary domestic and agricultural labor and street peddling within the country and to countries in West and Central Africa. Both women and children were trafficked to Saudi Arabia for the purposes of prostitution, sexual exploitation, and labor. There also were reports that trafficked children were used as camel jockeys in the Middle East. The country was a destination country for children trafficked for forced labor from other West African countries, primarily Benin."

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06.03.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Die Hauptverantwortung im Kampf gegen Menschenhandel liegt bei der National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19947]

"The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), a 200-employee agency with 60 investigators and 30 prosecutors dedicated to trafficking, bears primary responsibility for combating trafficking. The NPF and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) also have antitrafficking units. In addition the president had a special assistant for human trafficking and child labor."

Dokument(e): Dokument öffnen

06.03.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Informationen zu Regierungsmaßnahmen im Kampf gegen Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19948]

"The government devoted more resources to curb trafficking during the year and took several steps to address the problem more effectively. Enforcement efforts continued to improve, the number of trafficking cases investigated and prosecuted during the year increased, and record-keeping improved as NAPTIP, NPF, and NIS roles were more clearly defined through a series of NAPTIP-sponsored meetings, conferences, training sessions, and networking events. [...] The NPF Antitrafficking Task Force was established in 2005 and staffed 22 units in states with the worst trafficking problems. Officials complained of inadequate resources, citing insufficient funding to support investigative field work."

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06.03.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Information zu Zusammenarbeit der Behörden mit Menschenhändlern ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19949]

"At the institutional level, government authorities did not facilitate or condone trafficking; however, reports continued to surface from informants and foreign officials that law enforcement officers and individuals in the immigration and airport authorities collaborated in trafficking persons across the country's borders. On August 21, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs closed its authentication unit which provided falsified seals in exchange for bribes greatly exceeding the official rate. Credible reports indicate that much of the authentication was for young women who were being trafficked out of the country. The majority of instances were attributed to ignorance of the trafficking law and difficulties overcoming traditional practices. NAPTIP was very active in providing sensitization, including to police and customs in attending training. The law provides punitive measures for officials who aid or abet trafficking; however, NAPTIP and NPF had found no evidence of official complicity, and no officials were prosecuted, tried, or convicted of trafficking-related charges. One police inspector was arrested in Abuja for releasing two trafficking suspects after receiving specific orders to hold them. The inspector was not suspected of collaborating with the traffickers and their activities."

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06.03.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Betreuung für Opfer von Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19950]

"The government provided limited funding for assistance to victims. NAPTIP served as the point of contact for immigration and police officials when victims were found; 500 victims passed through the agency during the year. NAPTIP directly provided overnight shelter to victims, and agency officials connected victims to nongovernmental or international organizations for shelter, counseling, and reintegration assistance. NAPTIP established a hot line for victims and anyone seeking or wanting to provide information regarding trafficking. The hot line received an estimated 500 calls during the year. During the year the government helped victims in some cases to repatriate to their home countries and reunited trafficked children with their families. NAPTIP also conducted a sensitization exercise to increase awareness of the risks of trafficking."

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06.03.2007 - Quelle: US Department of State

Maßnahmen der Regierung um gehandelte Kinder mit ihren Familien zu vereinen ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19951]

"The Ministry of Labor and Productivity, in collaboration with the ILO, NAPTIP, the police, and other federal agencies, provided food, transportation, and other logistical assistance to reunite internally and externally trafficked children with their families. The government continued to operate the 120-bed shelter in Lagos, with involvement by the International Organization for Migration and the American Bar Association. NAPTIP also operated shelter facilities at secure locations in Abuja and Benin City, and in Akwa Ibom and Kano states."

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01.2007 - Quelle: Human Rights Watch

Kinderhandel bleibt ernstzunehmendes Problem ("World Report 2007") [ID 18978]

"Child labor, such as exploitation of children as domestics and as laborers in quarries, as well as child trafficking within Nigeria and across borders, remained serious problems during 2006. In the last several years, hundreds of trafficked children from Nigeria as well as from Benin, Cameroon, Togo and other African countries have been rescued by Nigerian authorities. In July 2006 a multilateral accord against the trafficking of women and children was signed in Abuja by 26 West and Central African countries."

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09.2006 - Quelle: Freedom House

Menschenhandel bleibt ein Problem ("Freedom in the World 2006") [ID 18273]

"Human trafficking to, from, and within the country for purposes of labor and prostitution is a problem. The government in 2004 outlawed human trafficking and set up an agency to deal with offenders."

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07.2006 - Quelle: Freedom House

Menschenhändlerringe zwingen Frauen in Europa zur Prostitution ("Countries at the Crossroads 2006") [ID 18310]

"International news coverage over the last two years of Nigerian prostitute-smuggling rings to Europe has brought increasing attention to the scope of this problem. Most of the women are fooled into thinking that they are joining guestworker or exchange programs and then forced into prostitution once they arrive in Europe. The federal government has declared its intention to eradicate the smuggling rings. State and local authorities, however, have been far less willing to become involved, and the police remain on both sides of the issue."

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05.2006 - Quelle: Norwegian Country of Origin Information Centre

Trafficking in Women – Fact-finding trip to Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos and Benin City) 12-26 March 2006 ("Trafficking in Women – Fact-finding trip to Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos and Benin City) 12-26 March 2006") [ID 21621]

"Bericht zu Frauenhandel (Frauenhandel von Nigeria nach Norwegen, sozioökonomischer Kontext, Gender-Aspekte, Bemühungen Nigerias gegen Menschenhandel)"

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Menschenhandel nach Nigeria, aus Nigeria und innerhalb des Landes ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17421]

"Although the law prohibits trafficking in persons, persons were trafficked to, from, and within the country. The law prohibits human trafficking and provides for penalties including monetary fines, imprisonment, deportation, forfeiture of assets and passport, and liability for compensation to victims in civil proceedings. Imprisonment terms range from 12 months to life, while fines range from $375 (50 thousand naira) to $1,500 (200 thousand naira). The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) bears primary responsibility for combating trafficking. The NPF and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) also have antitrafficking units. In addition, the president had a special assistant for human trafficking and child labor. Enforcement efforts continued to improve during the year. The government took several steps during the year to correct the issue of inadequate resources and tripled its NAPTIP funding. The number of trafficking cases investigated and prosecuted during the year increased, and record keeping had improved as NAPTIP, NPF, and NIS roles were more clearly defined through a series of NAPTIP-sponsored meetings, conferences, training sessions, and networking events."

Dokument(e): Dokument öffnen

08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) überprüft während des Jahres 75 neue Fälle ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17422]

"Preliminary data indicated that NAPTIP investigated 75 new cases during the year; many of the cases were pending at year's end. NAPTIP made arrests in 25 cases, 15 of which went to court, and 2 additional cases were pending at year's end. Four additional convictions under the antitrafficking law were delivered during the year from cases in Kano and Ogun States, and the verdict was pending in a case in Benin State. In the Ogun case, a Ghanaian and a Togolese were convicted on charges of pandering. The men were sentenced to a minimum of seven years' imprisonment. In the most prominent case of the year, 40 trafficking victims, involving young girls between the ages of 7 and 19, were recovered. All of the victims were returned to their homes and to school, or were given training in various skills. The trafficker was charged and a trial was pending at year's end. The NPF Antitrafficking Task Force was established and staffed 22 units in states with the worst trafficking problems."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Vorausgehenden Daten zufolge untersuchte die National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) 75 neue Fälle während des Jahres; viele der Fälle am Jahresende noch nicht abgeschlossen ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17423]

"Preliminary data indicated that NAPTIP investigated 75 new cases during the year; many of the cases were pending at year's end. NAPTIP made arrests in 25 cases, 15 of which went to court, and 2 additional cases were pending at year's end. Four additional convictions under the antitrafficking law were delivered during the year from cases in Kano and Ogun States, and the verdict was pending in a case in Benin State. In the Ogun case, a Ghanaian and a Togolese were convicted on charges of pandering. The men were sentenced to a minimum of seven years' imprisonment."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Vorausgehenden Daten zufolge untersuchte die National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) 75 neue Fälle während des Jahres; viele der Fälle am Jahresende noch nicht abgeschlossen ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17423]

"Preliminary data indicated that NAPTIP investigated 75 new cases during the year; many of the cases were pending at year's end. NAPTIP made arrests in 25 cases, 15 of which went to court, and 2 additional cases were pending at year's end. Four additional convictions under the antitrafficking law were delivered during the year from cases in Kano and Ogun States, and the verdict was pending in a case in Benin State. In the Ogun case, a Ghanaian and a Togolese were convicted on charges of pandering. The men were sentenced to a minimum of seven years' imprisonment."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

40 Menschenhandelsopfer entdeckt; unter ihnen befanden sich Mädchen im Alter zwischen 7 und 19 ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17424]

"In the most prominent case of the year, 40 trafficking victims, involving young girls between the ages of 7 and 19, were recovered. All of the victims were returned to their homes and to school, or were given training in various skills. The trafficker was charged and a trial was pending at year's end."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Während des gesamten Jahres gilt Nigeria als Ursprungs-, Transit- und Zielland für Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17425]

"The country was a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons during the year. No government or NGO estimates on the extent of trafficking were available, but the magnitude of the problem was believed to be significant. This was based on several factors, including the number of deportees returned to the country and reports of Nigerians stranded along trafficking routes, particularly in North African countries. The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimated that 40 percent of child street peddlers were trafficking victims. Nigerians were trafficked to Europe, the Middle East, and other countries in Africa for the purposes of forced labor, domestic servitude, and sexual exploitation. Girls and women were trafficked for forced prostitution to Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Cote d'Ivoire, and Benin. Children were trafficked for involuntary domestic and agricultural labor and street peddling within the country and to countries in West and Central Africa. Both women and children were trafficked to Saudi Arabia. The country was a destination country for children trafficked for forced labor from other West African countries, primarily Benin."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Frauen und Mädchen am wahrscheinlichsten der Gefahr des Menschenhandels ausgesetzt ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17426]

"Women and children were most at risk of being trafficked. Boys were trafficked primarily to work as forced bondage laborers, street peddlers, and beggars, while girls were trafficked for domestic service, street peddling, and commercial sexual exploitation. Trafficking in children, and to a lesser extent in women, occurred within the country's borders. Children in rural areas were trafficked to urban centers to work as domestics, street peddlers, merchant traders, and beggars."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Frauen und Kinder am wahrscheinlichsten der Gefahr des Menschenhandels ausgesetzt ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17427]

"Women and children were most at risk of being trafficked. Boys were trafficked primarily to work as forced bondage laborers, street peddlers, and beggars, while girls were trafficked for domestic service, street peddling, and commercial sexual exploitation. Trafficking in children, and to a lesser extent in women, occurred within the country's borders. Children in rural areas were trafficked to urban centers to work as domestics, street peddlers, merchant traders, and beggars."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Kriminelle sowie organisierte Gruppen unternehmen Menschenhandel ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17428]

"The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported that individual criminals and organized criminal groups conducted trafficking, often involving relatives or other persons already known to the victims. Traffickers employed various methods during the year. Many were organized into specialties, such as document and passport forgery, recruitment, and transportation. To recruit young women, traffickers often made false promises of legitimate work outside the country. Traffickers also deceived child victims and their parents with promises of education, training, and salary payments. Once away from their families, children were subjected to harsh treatment and intimidation. Traffickers subjected victims to debt bondage, particularly victims forced into prostitution. In some cases, traffickers employed practitioners of traditional magic, or juju, to threaten victims with curses to procure their silence. NAPTIP estimated that 90 percent of the girls trafficked through Benin routes were threatened by juju practitioners. Victims were transported by air, land, and sea. Established land routes to Europe transited Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Morocco. At the institutional level, government authorities did not facilitate or condone trafficking; however, reports continued to surface from informants and foreign officials that law enforcement officers and individuals in the immigration and airport authorities collaborated in trafficking across the country's borders. The majority of instances were attributed to ignorance of the trafficking law and difficulties overcoming traditional practices. The law provides punitive measures for officials who aid or abet trafficking; however, during the year NAPTIP and NPF found no evidence of official complicity, and no officials were prosecuted, tried, or convicted of trafficking-related charges. One police inspector was arrested in Abuja for releasing two trafficking suspects after being giving specific orders to hold them. The inspector was not suspected of collaborating with the traffickers and their activities. The government provided limited funding for assistance to victims. NAPTIP served as the point of contact for immigration and police officials when victims were found. Seventy-three victims passed through the agency during the year. NAPTIP directly provided overnight shelter to victims, and agency officials connected victims to nongovernmental or international organizations for shelter, counseling, and reintegration assistance. NAPTIP established a hot line for victims and anyone seeking or wanting to provide information regarding trafficking. In some cases the government helped victims repatriate to the country and reunited trafficked children with their families."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Behörden stellten Nahrung und Transport zur Verfügung, um Kinder, die Opfer von Menschenhandel wurden, wieder mit ihren Familien zu vereinen ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17429]

"The Ministry of Labor and Productivity, in collaboration with the ILO, NAPTIP, the police, and other federal agencies, provided food, transportation, and other logistical assistance to reunite internally and externally trafficked children with their families."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Regierung stellt Gelder zum Schutz von Opfern von Menschenhandel zur Verfügung ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17430]

"The government provided some funding for protection activities. For victims serving as witnesses, divisional police officers were appointed to serve as witness protection officers. NAPTIP officials and the officer worked together to provide assistance. NAPTIP outreach efforts were based on a series of "town hall" meetings with community leaders, traditional leaders, teachers, school children, and other groups to raise awareness of the dangers of trafficking, legal protections, and available resources. Several state governments in the south continued strong efforts to protect victims. Victims were no longer charged with crimes or detained with criminals in cells as they were in previous years. The government increased efforts and substantially increased funding to prevent trafficking in persons during the year. The stakeholder forum established by NAPTIP in 2003 continued. NAPTIP officials met with several major traditional leaders to raise their awareness regarding trafficking and the antitrafficking law. NAPTIP also worked with the media to raise awareness among the public, and officials appeared on national talk shows and state programs. The government continued implementing the ILO International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC) West Africa Cocoa Agriculture Project to prevent the trafficking or employment of children in commercial agriculture, especially cocoa production."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

NAPTIP leitet Einrichtung des "Kommittees zur Bekämpfung von Menschenhandel" auf Ebene der Bundesländer; Regierung initiierte Wirtschafts- und Bildungsprogramme ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17431]

"NAPTIP led the establishment of state-level antitrafficking committees, consisting of immigration officials, civil society organizations, law enforcement agents, and federal ministries in 22 states.These groups were charged with coordinating action in trafficking cases among their respective organizations. The government established economic and education programs that may help to prevent trafficking, such as the National Poverty Eradication Program and the Nigerian Agricultural and Rural Development Bank. Despite these and other programs, poverty, lack of access to education, and lack of economic opportunities remained pervasive problems in the country and fueled the trafficking problem."

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08.03.2006 - Quelle: US Department of State

Nichtregierungsorganisationen und internationale Organisationen arbeiten eng mit Regierung und Gemeinschaft zusammen, um Menschenhandel vorzubeugen ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17435]

"Nongovernmental and international organizations organized conferences and stakeholder meetings on trafficking and established prevention and awareness programs in schools. Groups also worked through the media. A faith-based foundation in Akwa Ibom State sponsored awareness programs on television and radio. The ILO continued a program in partnership with the News Agency of Nigeria to raise awareness and build media capacity to help eliminate child trafficking and child labor. International organizations worked closely with the government and the community during the year to prevent child trafficking. UNICEF implemented a children's parliament program that discussed civil rights and the dangers of human trafficking. The ILO continued to support information coordination and monitoring by providing internet connectivity to the national monitoring center. UNICEF also provided additional funding for NAPTIP zonal offices."

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01.2005 - Quelle: Danish Immigration Service

Hintergrundinformation zu Frauenhandel in Nigeria ("Report on human rights issues in Nigeria: Joint British-Danish fact-finding mission to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria (19 October to 2 November 2004)") [#30412],  [ID 15194]

"Commenting on the subject of the increase in trafficking in women in Nigeria, Usman explained that the Nigerian society in general is becoming increasingly commercial and many people are poor. Furthermore, the oil business in the Niger Delta region has to a great
extent destroyed the local environment and the livelihood of people living there. Consequently many people are in need of an alternative income to make up for the loss of farming land. As a result prostitution has become more widespread in the Niger Delta and the presence of the high number of oil workers and their ability to pay for sexual services
have added to this. This development has also led to an increase in the number of female headed households in which daughters may face a difficult future if they are born out of wedlock or if their mothers have abandoned them.

When mothers see how remittances from girls or young women abroad improve the standard of living for some persons in the local society they often become willing accomplices to the traffickers. However, not all Nigerian women who are engaged in prostitution abroad are victims of trafficking.

According to Momoh trafficked women and girls may send money back to their families either to assist their family or to make a saving for future investment. 100 US$ per month would add considerably to a family’s budget and it could mean that it would be able to establish some kind of small-scale business or shop.

Usman explained that most trafficking in women takes place from the southern part of Nigeria and in particular from the Niger Delta region. Although Benin City has a reputation of being the centre of trafficking there are replicas all over Nigeria. Trafficking from the Middle Belt is predominately directed towards the US and Europe. Trafficking in women to Saudi Arabia takes place in considerable scale from the northern part of Nigeria. BAOBAB confirmed that the majority of women being trafficked originate from Edo State.

Tomasso de Cataldo, Chief of Mission, IOM, explained that a recent survey conducted by IOM showed that it is mostly victims of internal conflicts that are being trafficked and that internally displaced children also are victims of trafficking. Internal conflicts in Nigeria are conducive to establishing illegal trafficking and also for recruiting children. De Cataldo emphasised that it is important to recognise the scope of the problem. The laws are in place and the President has declared that the government intends to fight the phenomena. Nigeria is now able to crack down on trafficking agents inside the country. Many agents have their
origin in Edo State. Trafficking in women is a growing problem but it is also a mere development of an existing system of trafficking in forced labour. There is freedom of movement within Nigeria and if the government is to improve border control NPF will need more resources. Many trafficked women in Nigeria travel overseas via Niger, as the land
borders are mostly not guarded."

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01.2005 - Quelle: Danish Immigration Service

Vertragsabschließende Parteien im Kontext des Frauenhandels ("Report on human rights issues in Nigeria: Joint British-Danish fact-finding mission to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria (19 October to 2 November 2004)") [#30412],  [ID 15195]

"According to Usman trafficking in women from the southern part of the country is most often set up by an agent or a madam who can also be a involved in money lending business. The madam or the agents have the means to obtain visas and can pay the travelling cost for the girl or young women. A contract is made with the woman and she has to swear an oath to a shrine. The woman swears the oath in the presence of a priest, the madam and the parents (mostly the mother). Usually a number of rituals are a part of the oath swearing – a goat or chicken is slaughtered, “nonsense words” are said and wine spilled on the ground. The woman subjects herself to the bidding of the madam and is obliged to pay back money to her. The oath to the shrine is not an unusual phenomenon but a part of ordinary life and the social system in parts of Nigeria. Shrines are dotted all over the southern part of Nigeria and the Middle Belt and other places where Christians and believers of traditional religions live. Even if the mother and the girl or young woman are not fully aware of the implications of the contract and believe that the woman is going abroad to work as a housemaid, in the cleaning business or even to receive an education the woman is obliged to the oath and to the bidding of the madam."

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01.2005 - Quelle: Danish Immigration Service

Innerhalb der nigerianischen Bundesregierung herrscht ein starker Wille sich dem Problem des Menschenhandels anzunehmen ("Report on human rights issues in Nigeria: Joint British-Danish fact-finding mission to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria (19 October to 2 November 2004)") [#30412],  [ID 15196]

"Akinmoyo pointed out that there is a strong political will within the federal government to address the problem of human trafficking and child labour but the government does not fully control the policies of the state and local governments. On the federal level a number of governmental bodies are concerned with trafficking and a National Presidential Committee has the overall responsibility for all activities and an anti-trafficking police force has been established. The key NGO engaged in anti-trafficking is WOTCLEF, but Akinmoyo emphasised that there is a need to form a coalition of anti-trafficking NGOs throughout the
country as the victims of trafficking most likely are more prepared to co-operate with a local NGO whom they may know.

Ndaguba explained that the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act was enacted in 2003 and in August the same year NAPTIP was established under the provision of that legislation. NAPTIP commenced its work in January 2004 and has received international donations of funding. Ndaguba added that internal
trafficking in Nigeria is minimal compared to trafficking across the borders. Trafficking is a very serious problem in Nigeria and a number of government agencies and ministries are now engaged in addressing the problem.

Umaru explained that it was only after the democratic elected government was installed and WOTCLEF founded in 1999 that attention was paid to the problem of trafficking and child labour. When WOTCLEF commenced its campaigns against trafficking the situation changed dramatically. Umaru explained that although WOTCLEF does not have any legal status to prosecute traffickers, the foundation co-operates closely with NAPTIP and provides shelter for victims of trafficking."

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10.2003 - Quelle: UK Border Agency (Home Office)

Frauen werden zum Prostitutionszweck nach Europa gehandelt ("Country Report - October 2003") [#17332],  [ID 15197]

"6.41 There have also been reports of young Nigerian women being trafficked to Europe through the United Kingdom, mostly to Italy, to be exploited for the purposes of prostitution. This abuse is increasing in some European countries. Some of these girls, who have been rescued, complain that violence, intimidation, threats against them or their families, and the use of voodoo practices, have all being used to control them. The United Kingdom authorities are attempting to address this problem, by taking action against those involved in this trade."

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10.2003 - Quelle: UK Border Agency (Home Office)

Frauenhandel ("Country Report - October 2003") [#17332],  [ID 15198]

"6.109 A number of states, including most northern states that have begun the enforcement of Shari'a law, have begun to enforce existing laws or to introduce new laws to combat prostitution. [...]

6.110 A growing problem is the cross border trafficking of Nigerian women for the purpose of forced prostitution in Europe. Mrs Titi Abubakar, wife of the Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has set up the Women-trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). This organisation intends to combat this trade and help rehabilitate victims of this traffic who have been deported back to Nigeria, by providing vocational training, and financial assistance to set up businesses at the end of this training. The Nigerian authorities are aware of this exploitation and are attempting to stop this trade; they are also seeking international assistance to address this problem.

6.111 Large numbers of women and young girls have migrated to Europe in response to job offers as domestic workers or waitresses. Upon arrival, many were forced into prostitution in order to pay off debts, but it appears that some are aware that this was the purpose for them being trafficked. In addition, there is evidence that Nigerian crime syndicates may use debts, threats of beatings and rape, physical injury to the victim's family, arrest, and deportation to persuade those forced into sex work from attempting to escape. The Government deplores this trade, and is looking at ways to prevent it.

6.112 The Nigerian police attempts to stem the trafficking of persons include extended jail sentences and public humiliation; however, such actions focused primarily on victims, and traffickers have not been punished. Awareness campaigns, often conducted by NGO's and others, have only recently begun to generate widespread attention. [3] President Obasanjo has set up a committee to address this problem, to receive those who are victims of this abuse, and provide rehabilitation and assistance. The Nigerian authorities are taking this abuse seriously, and are attempting to arrest those who organise and profit from it."

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10.2003 - Quelle: UK Border Agency (Home Office)

Kinderhandel bleibt ein ernstes Problem ("Country Report - October 2003") [#17332],  [ID 15209]

"6.40 Trafficking in Nigerian children remains a serious problem, both within Nigeria, and outside its borders. The economic reasons that underlie child trafficking may be reflected in the fact that families who employ children also pay their school fees. Child traffickers also take advantage of a cultural tradition of "fostering" under which it is culturally accepted to send one's child to live and work with a family in an urban centre for educational and employment purposes. There are also reports of poor families selling their daughters into marriage, in order raise money. Often the children in these situations only work and do not get any formal education. They are forced to serve as domestics or to become street hawkers selling nuts, fruits, or other items. According to reports from the media and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), there is also an active trade in children to work as labourers. Some are sent to Cameroon, Gabon, Benin, and Equatorial Guinea to work in agricultural enterprises, and others are forced into prostitution. Authorities also have identified a trade route for traffickers of children for labour through Katsina and Sokoto to the Middle East and East Africa. The eastern part of the country and some southern states such as Cross River and Akwa Ibom have been the focus of trafficking of children for labour and, in some cases, it is claimed for human sacrifice. The country remains a destination point for the trafficking of Togolese children to serve as domestic or agricultural workers. The Government is investigating allegations of the collusion of customs officials in trafficking. Some of the returnees have alleged that immigration officials actively connive with syndicates; however, there were no arrests of immigration officials for trafficking offences during 2001. The Assistant Inspector General of Police is investigating allegations of the collusion of customs officials in trafficking."

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10.2003 - Quelle: UK Border Agency (Home Office)

Bekämpfung von Menschenhandel durch die nigerianische Polizei ("Country Report - October 2003") [#17332],  [ID 15302]

"6.112 The Nigerian police attempts to stem the trafficking of persons include extended jail sentences and public humiliation; however, such actions focused primarily on victims, and traffickers have not been punished. Awareness campaigns, often conducted by NGO's and others, have only recently begun to generate widespread attention. [3] President Obasanjo has set up a committee to address this problem, to receive those who are victims of this abuse, and provide rehabilitation and assistance. The Nigerian authorities are taking this abuse seriously, and are attempting to arrest those who organise and profit from it."

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29.09.2003 - Quelle: Integrated Regional Information Network

116 Kinder zwischen 5 und 17 nach Benin zurückgeführt ("Police returns 116 trafficked children to Benin") [#16284],  [ID 15212]

""Nigeria's police authorities on Friday returned 116 children brought into the country to provide cheap labour to the neighbouring Benin Republic, where they are believed to have originated, officials said.

Nigeria's police chief, Tafa Balogun, also handed over five suspected traffickers who were said to be specialised in smuggling children from Benin into Nigeria, in a ceremony at Seme, the main border crossing point between the two countries.

"All those handed over were boys aged between five and 17 years," a police spokesman told IRIN.""

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16.05.2003 - Quelle: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

Anfragebeantwortung zu einem Prostitutionsring namens Italo Mama ("A prostitution ring known as Italo Mama [NGA41480.E]") [ID 24756]

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16.01.2002 - Quelle: Human Rights Watch

Menschenhandel mit Frauen und Mädchen zum Zwecke der Prostitution und Sklaverei weit verbreitet ("World report 2002") [#5281],  [ID 15199]

Menschenhandel mit Frauen und Mädchen zum Zwecke der Prostitution und Sklaverei stellen nach Angaben des US State Department ein weit verbreitetes Phänomen in Nigeria dar.

"There were widespread violations of the rights of women and children. Reports were common of trafficking of Nigerian women and teenage girls for prostitution or slavery, to other West African countries as well as to Europe. In some cases trafficked women or girls were deported back to Nigeria."

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