Socio-Economic and Demographic Features of Kidnapping in Nigeria: an Analytical Study

Human trafficking is a crime that is vast and ever-growing. It is also hard to identify and prevent, which attributes to the growing industry associated with this crime. There have been researchers who have examined the current data on human trafficking through literature reviews. Unfortunately, there will be limitations to this research because one cannot properly assess all cases of human trafficking; especially because there are many occurrences that go undetected. There have also been researchers who have linked human trafficking with particular criminological theories, in attempt to explain both why traffickers partake in this crime, and how individuals become victimized. This paper will examine 2 of the literature reviews completed, the limitations of those reviews, and 2 theories that may be used in explaining how one may become a victim and trafficker of human trafficking.

“A third method used by traffickers is kidnapping. Those approached to work in the sex industry but who are unwilling to leave their country of origin may be kidnapped.” (Hodge)

In investing in the financial and education empowerment of women and girls would influence various social advantages in dealing with human trafficking. Advanced education on girls and women will result to obtain the potential in raising healthier kids and better incomes in the communities (Kempadoo, Sanghera & Pattanaik, 2015). Therefore, women will probably have the capacity to arrange the span of their families since they will have fewer children to manage and take care. Ladies are more probable than men are to utilize their income in supporting their children education and health welfare.

Originally, the crime of kidnapping was defined as the unlawful and non-consensual transportation of a person from one country to another. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, states began to redefine kidnapping, most notably eliminating the requirement for interstate transport. Under the laws of most states, kidnapping is a crime where the victim has transported a substantial distance or held in a place of isolation through the use of force. Kidnapping statutes also define a set of purposes for kidnapping including collecting ransom, inflicting bodily injury, or terrorizing

Human trafficking has been in existence in several states for many years. It is a form of slavery where people can be transported from one place to another for exploitation in farms, being forced into criminal activities such as terrorism, forced marriages, sexual abuse, prostitution among other forms of illicit activities (Butler, 2015). The trafficked individuals are often oppressed through violence, threats or coercion which forces the individuals to be involved in various things which they could not be willing to conduct. Majorly, members of the African continent have been widely bound to human trafficking. However, the ordeal has expanded even to trafficking within members of the same state.

Human trafficking exists in several nations all around us. No nation, including the United States is exempt from human trafficking. There may be factors that create unique anti-trafficking issues and obstacles for each nation, but the characteristics are all the same or very similar worldwide. These characteristics are how the trafficking is conducted, how the victims are kidnapped, the percentage of victims, the gender of the victims, and the percentage of each gender in different trafficking situations. The situations include children, adults, male, and female victims. The situations the victims fall into are pornography, forced labor, sex slaves, prostitution, child sex tourism, and many more. These are the issues and key points made by the authors to persuade the reader to agree with their position.

The latest statistics from the Bureau of International Toddlers and Childhood Headquarters show that the percentage of kidnappings has not only risen, it has climbed so high that they have had to redraw the graph two times. According to

Crimes Against Persons can be violently invasive against someone’s will, especially with Kidnapping. In the following discussion, we will see how Common Law and Missouri Statutes define Kidnapping and compare how it has changed over the years. Afterwards, we will discuss reasons for this change and show how existing kidnapping laws should address drug and sex traffickers.

Human Trafficking is one of the most heinous crimes that operate over transnational boundaries. The act of human trafficking is highlighted as a criminalized activity according to the article 5 of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol set out by United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. While Human Trafficking is generally attributed to the Less Developed Countries. This is because the socio economic dynamics along with weaker law and order situation provide a strong environment for this activity to take place. That said the developed countries have an equally important role to play in the prevalence of Human Trafficking.

This article is about the mistreatment of people fleeing from Boko Haram who thought that the Nigerian soldiers would save them. As hundreds flee from Boko Haram claimed territories, Nigerian soldiers are picking them up and holding them as prisoners in detention centers, claiming to be trying to protect others from extremist claiming to be victims. This has lead to some accusations of mistreatment because these detention centers are holding men, women, and infants for months on end in unsanitary and unsafe areas. The article then explains that the Nigerian government and army are being accused of being too extreme in its persistence and ways of trying to eliminate Boko Haram. While Nigeria is struggling to handle the threat that is Boko Haram,

The maximum penalty for kidnapping in Queensland is 7 years imprisonment. In the Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld) defines kidnapping as “a person kidnaps another person if the person unlawfully and forcibly takes or detains the other person with the intent to gain anything from any person or to produce anything to be done or omitted to be done”. Kidnapping is a crime because it is taking a person against their will for an unlawful purpose. Criminological theories are used as the main explanations for criminal behaviour or criminality (White & Perrone 2010). By applying a criminological theory to kidnapping it gives an insight into why the offence is committed in the first place and how limitations of a criminological theory could ultimately stop the crime from occurring.

In 2014 , over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped, left in the hands of Buhari hoping to bring them home safe and have justice served. People rallied up all over the world in the search

particularly in the Niger Delta region. The people in this region are dissatisfied for many

Imagine being 6 or 7 years old and being ripped from your mothers grip as some stranger takes you to a different unfamilar place. There are two major types of kidnapping stranger and parental. Today every 40 seconds in the

Most children in the Niger delta have little or no education, due to lack of funds from their parents who have lost their lands and have no jobs because of limited opportunities. The Niger delta government and the oil companies have refused to look into the situation; instead they favor their close relations neglecting the masses. Corruption in the Niger delta has led some youths in taking drastic measure in order to put food on their table. For example, Ikechukwu Efe an indigene of the Niger delta said that some of his friends created their own “oil refinery”, which is made up of crude oil in metal barrels with controlled heat from fire woods. This is a dangerous process in refining crude oil but the degree of poverty in the state left his friends with no choice. If only the government of the Niger delta have created jobs with the wealth of the state Ikechukwu’s friend would not have to put their lives in danger. Until corruption is put to an abrupt the people of the Niger delta will continue to live in poverty.