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The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, says it has rescued at least 96 victims of human trafficking in the zone.
Zonal Commander of the zone, Chidiebere Oruruo-Ifudu, who disclosed this in an interview, said the victims were rescued between January and October.
Oruruo-Ifudu noted that the zone also arrested 79 suspected human traffickers within the period, with the command securing four convictions.
The zonal commander stated that there was a renewed zeal to tackle human trafficking in the zone as the year gradually winds up, adding that the agency had intensified its operations in the zone.
