NAPTIP arrests suspected child traffickers, recovers children

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FILE PHOTO: Child trafficking

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Wednesday said it arrested 11 persons over suspected child trafficking, abduction and sale of children in Anambra.

Mr Josiah Emerole, the NAPTIP Head of Press and Public Relations, said this in a statement in Abuja.

Emerole stated that the suspects were nabbed in different parts of Anambra in a combined operation carried out with the support of operatives of Directorate of the State Services (DSS).

He noted that the suspects, comprising eight women and three men, were said to belong to a criminal syndicate which specialised in kidnapping and sale of babies across the country.

notably the States of the South-East, Lagos and Abuja.

The spokesperson disclosed that three children whose ages range from eight months to four years were recovered during the operation, while…



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