Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- The Lagos State government has inaugurated 114 Local Government Focal Persons and Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) Anti-Human Trafficking Desk Officers to combat human trafficking at the grassroots level.

Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, inaugurated the officers at the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency office in Ikeja on Monday, describing the move as a strategic step to prevent trafficking.

Human trafficking is an organised crime where individuals are exploited for profit through force, fraud, threats or manipulation. Victims are forced into labour, sex work, or other forms of exploitation for financial gain.

The initiative shifts the anti-trafficking fight to local governm...