¹Selbol Audu Langyi, ²Abiodun Oluwakorede Akande

¹Assistant Chief Intelligence Officer Legal and Prosecution Department of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Abuja
²Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Federal University, Lokoja (FUL), Kogi state, Nigeria

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v7-i11-68

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ABSTRACT

The investigation, rescue of victims and effective prosecution of human trafficking offences which occurred in two or more states is a major challenge to stakeholders around the world. This paper examined international cooperation (mutual assistance in criminal matters) as an important tool to contain human trafficking. It briefly demonstrated the informal and formal forms of collaboration available to states and highlighted the bases for cooperation, it adopted the doctrinal research method. It also Reviewed the facts and law of the UK court decision in R v. Josephine Iyamu which represents the global expectation of all countries as it brought to the fore the high level of collaboration exhibited by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria in bringing the offender to justice. The paper concluded with a clarion call on all nations of the world to activate international collaboration as a useful tool in the fight against human trafficking.

KEYWORDS:

Human trafficking, victims, prosecution, international cooperation, letter of request, organized crime

REFERENCES
Textbooks

1) Gallagher A.T, The International Law of Human Trafficking (Cambridge University Press: 2010)

2) Ladapo O.A, Cases and Materials on Extraditions in Nigeria, (United Nations Abuja, 2016)

3) Loughnan A, Historicizing Criminal Responsibility in Chad Flanders and Zachary Hoskins (eds), The New Philosophy of Criminal Law (Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd: 2016)
Statutes
1) Trafficking Convention 1949

2) International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic 1904

3) United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) 2000
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1) https://ecpat.org/trafficking-the-third-largest-crime-industry-in-the-world/#:~:text=Human%20trafficking%20for%20the%20purposes,are%20estimated%20to%20be%20children.

2) UNODC, “Manual on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters related to Terrorism (UN, Newyork,2009)<>

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