{"id":45450,"date":"2021-06-22T16:37:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria"},"modified":"2021-06-22T17:04:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:04:17","slug":"bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Bawa reveals forces behind human trafficking, smuggling of migrants in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that most human trafficking cases and the smuggling of migrants into Nigeria is motivated by financial incentives.<\/p>\n

Bawa made this known at a training workshop on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (TIPSOM) Financial and Asset investigation held on Tuesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n

The EFCC boss said criminal activities surrounding TIPSOM generates 150 billion dollars annually globally, adding that investigation into financial aspects of it could assist law enforcement officers to curb the menace.<\/p>\n

\u201dInvestigation and prosecution of human traffickers and smugglers must, therefore, be strengthened to curb the menace.<\/p>\n

\u201cProsecution will uphold the rule of law, ensure community safety, protect victims and help to prevent future crime,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Some high profile Nigerians after my life \u2013 EFCC boss, Bawa cries out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that most human trafficking cases and the smuggling of migrants into Nigeria is motivated by financial incentives. Bawa made this known at a training workshop on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (TIPSOM) Financial and Asset investigation held […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,3046,782,254],"class_list":["post-45450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-bawa","tag-human-trafficking","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nBawa reveals forces behind human trafficking, smuggling of migrants in Nigeria - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that most human trafficking ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bawa reveals forces behind human trafficking, smuggling of migrants in Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that most human trafficking ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-22T15:37:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-22T16:04:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d209de09e2c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bawa reveals forces behind human trafficking, smuggling of migrants in Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-22T15:37:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-22T16:04:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/img-60d209de09e2c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"bawa\",\"human trafficking\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bawa-reveals-forces-behind-human-trafficking-smuggling-of-migrants-in-nigeria\",\"name\":\"Bawa reveals forces behind human trafficking, smuggling of migrants in Nigeria - 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