“The second major reason is that Malian men are proud of sleeping with women from Nigeria, the giant of Africa,” he said.
The affected personnel were said to have demanded and received bribes from suspects and their relatives as well as leaked confidential information to suspects.
Fatima Waziri-Azi, NAPTIP director-general, says Nigerian women working in Iraq are exploited in diverse ways.
Mr Umar said that NIS and NAPTIP in the state had been collaborating in fighting against human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.
The victims, who were all women between, were from different parts of the country and aged 19 to 37 years.
The traffickers were handed over to NAPTIP for prosecution, while the illegal migrants were handed over to the Nigeria Immigration Service in Imo.
NAPTIP received a report of 1,100 cases of domestic SGBV between January and October.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Monday in Abuja presented to its stakeholders the National Action Plan on human trafficking for 2022-2026.
Mr Halilu held that the prosecution had proven its case against the convicts beyond a reasonable doubt.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested three suspected trans-border human traffickers in Osun.
