FCT: NSCDC Rescues 80 Human Trafficking Victims In 3 Years

Trafficking victims forced to run online scams deserve protection, not prosecution, says UN agency

Organised crime networks are trafficking hundreds of thousands of people into forced labour inside online scam compounds, according to the International Organization for Migration. Victims are typically lured by bogus job adverts before being trapped inside heavily guarded compounds, stripped of their passports and coerced — through violence, threats and debt bondage — into running scams targeting people across the world. Survivors have describe…

FCT: NSCDC Rescues 80 Human Trafficking Victims In 3 Years

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory Command, has rescued 80 victims of human trafficking and related offences and arrested 35 suspects in the last three years. The FCT Commandant of the NSCDC, Dr Olusola Odumosu, disclosed this on Monday at an event to mark the 2026 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons at the Command headquarters in Wuse Zone 5, Abuja. The event was organised by the Command’s Anti-…