West Africa Trafficking Monitor

Daily intelligence briefings on human trafficking patterns, routes, and policy developments across West Africa - edited by @HopeEduProject #HumanTrafficking

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

Thai child exploited in Nigeria, Sahel collapse, ECOWAS messaging #HumanTrafficking https://t.co/PWGanMuX0V

[EOCOghana @EOCOghana]

On 11th May 2026, a team from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) engaged Junior High School pupils from the Awudome Cluster of schools in Accra on the safe use of internet and responsible social media practices.

#onelinesafety #CyberCrimeAwareness #EOCO.

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

GAHTO and NAPTIP repatriate Nigerian girls from three Sahel and West African states #HumanTrafficking https://t.co/Hkpl7859TU

[UNODC Organized Crime @UNODC_OrgCrime]

At #CCPCJ35, three resolutions to stop organized crime have been adopted:

1⃣ Preventing the sexual extortion of children
2⃣ Ending human trafficking for forced criminality
3⃣ Preventing and combating fraud

UNODC will support countries to turn these resolutions into real impact.

[Min. of Gender Ghana @MoGCSP_Ghana]

@MoGCSP_Ghana has launched the 2026 #BlueDay #MediaCampaign focusing on sports #trafficking.

Traffickers are using #sports to exploit young athletes.
The time is 'NOW' to blow the whistle.

Let’s raise #awareness & protect our talents.
#endhumantrafficking
#worldcup2026

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

Police arrest two suspects in Akwa Ibom child trafficking plot https://t.co/KjTPxOlUcF. .

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

Nigerian trafficker jailed seven years in Ghana in credible cross-border prosecution #HumanTrafficking https://t.co/3QvZzt5CeX

[UNODC Organized Crime @UNODC_OrgCrime]

Day 4 at #CCPCJ35

Using technology can help identify trafficking victims early and make investigations and prosecutions stronger.

Behind every scam centre is a human story and justice means protecting those exploited.

Final discussions conclude tomorrow.

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

Repatriation operations, conviction gap, and border corridor warnings #HumanTrafficking https://t.co/mW98g4IkQU

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

NAPTIP court reform push, Ghana trafficking rescue, digital exploitation vectors #HumanTrafficking https://t.co/ydw1gVA3iQ

[Combatting #HateSpeech Against Fulbe Community @FulbeHateTrackr]

"The crisis has its roots in conflicts between farmers and nomadic herders over land and resources that have become more intense because of the climate crisis, deforestation and rapid population growth."
How Nigeria’s bandit crisis spun out of control

https://t.co/ncYkrX4Hcq

[ChannelOne TV @Channel1TVGHA]

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has rescued 112 suspected trafficking victims and safely repatriated 105 foreign nationals following an intelligence-led operation in Asankragwa. K

Initial screening identified 110 Nigerians, one Beninese, and one Cameroonian, all female, aged between 12 and 38. They were later transferred to a holding facility in Greater Accra for further processing.

The operation, carried out on May 20, 2026 by the Asankragwa Sector Command, targeted premises suspected to be used for commercial sexual exploitation.

#GhanaNews #ChannelOneNews #CitiNewsroom #GIS #CitiFM

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

Ghana Immigration Service trafficking rescues, South Africa migration warning #humantrafficking https://t.co/xERz52guP1

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

@WFP_Ghana @UNinGhana @UNFPAGhana @isaacsesi @EnyonamManye @_GHSofficial @IOMGhana can you drop a link here to the actual proposal

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

Ghana victim figures, NAPTIP cross-border rescue #humantrafficking https://t.co/oZBFTBWTjc

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

NIS alarm on fraudulent migration schemes in Nigeria #HumanTrafficking https://t.co/3RnNto5yog

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

Nigerian court hands custodial sentence for cross-border child sex trafficking to Ghana #HumanTrafficking https://t.co/SPfAUGuizA

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

@_GhChronicles This woman is a victim. Why is she being punished?

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

NAPTIP and Police Target Adoption Fraud and Transit Networks as Nigerian Enforcement Intensifies #humantrafficking
https://t.co/BN7DOPhf4k

[West Africa Trafficking Monitor @WATMonitor]

NAPTIP Secures Custodial Sentences as Nigerian Police Dismantle Cross-Border Trafficking Network #humantrafficking

https://t.co/OVcUtKYOij