The Rascality of Human Traffickers in Nigeria 2017 and 2018: A Breach of Both the International Law and Domestic legislation

Abstract

The trend of human traffic king has persisted in Nigeria and has taken dangerous dimension for reasons not well addressed by successive governments. However, the trend has assumed alarming dimensions in recent time in Nigeria leading to the passage of legislative instrument. The law against human trafficking has come on board to curb the ugly trend with little or minimal success. All over the world, human slave trade has been abolished. In Nigeria, there is a law prohibiting human trafficking applicable throughout the country with punitive penalties. The primary objective of this paper is therefore to identify the reasons human traffic king has persisted notwithstanding local and international legislations. This paper also identifies what constitutes human trafficking, instances of human trafficking within and across the shores of Nigeria and make recommendations to check and minimize this animalistic behaviour of humans against fellow human beings. This paper approaches the topic by reference to International Statute, Domestic Statute Books, Law Text Books, Law Reports, Internet sources and Newspapers. The findings in this paper are that: weak monitoring, economic hardship, abject poverty and misinformation lead to people becoming victims of human trafficking. This paper makes recommendations towards stemming the tide.