Mary Young Mary.Young@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Law
The use of anti-money laundering legislation to combat child trafficking in Nigeria
Young, Mary Alice
Authors
Abstract
According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), ‘[t]he trafficking of children for the purpose of domestic service, prostitution and other forms of exploitative labour is a widespread phenomenon in Nigeria’.[1] Furthermore, UNICEF considers Nigeria to be a ‘source, transit and destination [country] for trafficked children’.[2] The trade of trafficking children in Nigeria, and in the wider sense, West Africa, undermines the security of the state and its citizens, its public institutions, the economy, and society generally. As well as undermining the good governance and democracy of a nation, the act of trafficking vulnerable human beings tears at the very fabric of fundamental human rights and questions the goodness in humanity.
Citation
Young, M. A. (2014). The use of anti-money laundering legislation to combat child trafficking in Nigeria
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | Jan 1, 2014 |
| Journal | Financial Regulation International |
| Print ISSN | 1473-3323 |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 15-24 |
| Keywords | child trafficking, money laundering, legislation, Nigeria |
| Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/827353 |
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