The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has revealed that records available to it shows that no fewer than 25,000 trafficked Nigerian women and girls are trapped in Mali.

The Commander of the Benin Zone of NAPTIP, Mr Nduka Nwanwenne, gave the figure on Tuesday at a workshop organised for media professionals in Lagos.

Blaze Fm reports that the workshop was to develop the capacities of the participants in creating awareness about the dangers of human trafficking.

It was organised by NAPTIP in collaboration with FIIAPP — International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies—and Action against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Nigeria (A-TIPSOM).