Lack of information sharing by EU frustrates our operations – NAPTIP

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Dame Julie Okah-Donli, has said that lack of proper information sharing and non-disclosure by destination countries as some of the factors affecting the fight against human trafficking.

The NAPTIP boss made this known in Rome, Italy at a broadcast event organised by the Cable News Network’s (CNN) Freedom Project, tagged “Solutions to End Human Trafficking”.

The event which was sponsored by the Essam and Dalal Obaid Foundation was moderated by CNN’s Richard Quest.

Other members of the discussion Panel were: Gervais Appave, Special Policy Adviser to the DirectorGeneral, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Franco Frattini, former Italian Foreign Minister, and Joanna Rubinstein, President and CEO, World Childhood Foundation USA.

She said not crippling the finances and assets of traffickers, not addressing the pull factors in destination countries which include demand for sex and cheap labour, child pornography etc., will not serve as deterrence to the traffickers.

Dame Julie OkahDonli believes that the European Union (EU) should work more with Nigeria in investigating and prosecuting human traffickers’ cartels in Europe to reduce outflow of victims from Africa.