Human Trafficking: Oba of Benin drums support for NAPTIP, Feb. 14/2020 “The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has promised to partner with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) through advocacy and empowerment in the fight against human trafficking.”https://guardian.ng/news/human-trafficking-oba-of-benin-drums-support-for-naptip/ Students Develop App to Trap Human Traffickers, Feb. 15/2020 A team […]
Nigeria: Human Trafficking Factsheet
February 10, 2020
• Human trafficking, a form of modern day slavery, involves the illegal trade of people for exploitation or commercial gain and is a $150 billion global industry. Two thirds of this figure ($99 billion) is generated from commercial sexual exploitation, while another $51 billion results from forced economic exploitation, including domestic work, agriculture and other […]
Monthly Update on the Latest News on Human Trafficking in Nigeria
January 31, 2020
Europe Spends Billions Stopping Migration. Good Luck Figuring Out Where the Money Actually Goes: Dec. 9/2019 This article by The Correspondent highlights how the European Union expended upwards of 770m Euros on fighting unsafe migration and human trafficking from Nigeria. Where has the money gone and has it paid off? Europe is the promised land […]
Are Nigerians Still the Problem In Europe’s “Migrant Crisis?”
January 31, 2020
JANUARY 31, 2020- LAGOS, NIGERIA. Annually, both IOM and UNHCR meticulously calculate and then publish their figures relating to land and sea arrivals of migrants into Europe. For years, these figures substantiated the European Union’s justification for what it considered a ‘migrant crisis.’ In 2019, IOM reported a total of 128,554 arrivals, while according to […]
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month- Did You Know?
January 5, 2020
JANUARY 2020- January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Did you know? That the average cost globally of a lifetime slave is $90? That human trafficking is a $150 billion industry? That 40 million people at any given moment are currently enslaved, i.e., more than at any other time in history? That human trafficking is often […]
IOM Releases 2019 Statistics for Mediterranean Crossings
January 4, 2020
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- on January 3, 2020, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), via its Missing Migrants Project, reported that 110,669 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea during 2019, marking the sixth year in a row that at least 100,000 arrivals were recorded on three Mediterranean Sea Routes. According to IOM, that figure is slightly lower […]
End of Year Training and Celebration for Survivors!
December 28, 2019
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA- on December 27, 2019, further to our HERS Program (Hub of Economic Resources for Survivors sponsored by the French Embassy to Nigeria’s PISCCA Program), Pathfinders conducted our end of year event where our ‘by popular demand’ training (chosen by survivors) focused on personal hygiene and sexual health for almost 60 of our […]
This Holiday Season, Help Us Anchor More Survivors at Our Shelter!
December 4, 2019
December 2019- Seasons’ Greetings from Pathfinders! Our Shelter, The Anchor, has now been fully operational since the summer of 2019. As you consider how and who to support this holiday season, we hope you will join us as we journey with resident survivors of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation at The Anchor who are now […]
Pathfinders Joins Reuters to Train West African Journalists on Human Trafficking
December 2, 2019
DECEMBER 2, 2019- LAGOS, NIGERIA. Further to an invitation from the Thomas Reuters Foundation, our founder and Executive Director, R. Evon Benson-Idahosa, joined Reuters in training West African journalists from Gambia, Nigeria and Ghana on human trafficking in Lagos on December 2, 2019. As a thought leader on human trafficking in sub-saharan Africa, Ms. Benson-Idahosa […]
NAPTIP Releases 2018 Report
November 21, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA- Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency, NAPTIP, has released its 2018 Report, highlighting its efforts in 2018 to combat human trafficking in all its forms in Nigeria. Highlights include the following: 1,076 cases received by the Agency, of which 206 (19%) were fully investigated with 823 apprehended suspects (450 men and 373 women). Of the 1,076 […]