Italy and Nigeria team up to fight human trafficking for sexual exploitation - UN

Italy and Nigeria have signed an agreement to work together on a United Nations-sponsored programme against the practice of human trafficking between the two countries.

In a ceremony in Rome yesterday, Italy's chief anti-Mafia prosecutor Piero Luigi Vigna and Nigeria's Attorney-General and Justice Minister Akinlolu Olujinmi signed a memorandum which is designed to stem the flow of Nigerians into Italy for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

Set up by the UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the programme outlines greater judicial cooperation between Nigeria and Italy, public awareness-raising activities in both countries, and measures to strengthen Nigeria's law enforcement, prosecution and criminal justice agencies.