secure jobs after graduation, while those without ‘godfathers’ spend years unemployed. Youths in employment are underpaid. For instance, a graduate is paid a monthly salary of N14,000 (approximately US$120) in some states. In addition, the youth are often the first victims of government restructuring programmes, given their limited skills and knowledge about projects. 379. Crime syndicates, politicians and others have taken advantage of unemployed youths. Lawless youths terrorise the public and are a source of social injustice. In some states, this has largely contributed to the escalation of the conflict that exists in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Crimes involving children and young persons 380. Rape cases among the youth are rampant, especially in some of the northern states. Street children are also a common feature in Nigeria. Homeless children living on the streets were found in most cities. Numerous factors have caused children to turn to the streets, included instability in the home, poverty, hunger, abuse and violence by parents, and displacement caused by clashes in the community. HIV and AIDS also have a tremendous impact on the numbers of orphaned street children. 381. The CRM was also informed that Nigeria is a source, transit and destination country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation. Within Nigeria, women and girls are primarily trafficked for domestic servitude and sexual exploitation, and boys by religious leaders for: forced begging; forced street hawking; labour exploitation in agriculture, mining and stone quarries; and domestic labour. BEST PRACTICE 3.5: NAPTIP NAPTIP, in collaboration with security agencies, has apprehended and prosecuted perpetrators of human trafficking. NAPTIP has served as the point of contact for immigration and police officials when victims have been found, and has directly provided overnight shelter for victims in Lagos, Abuja, Benin City, Kano and Akwa Ibom. Agency officials connect victims to nongovernmental or international organisations for shelter, counselling and reintegration assistance. NAPTIP has established a hotline for victims and anyone seeking or wanting to provide information regarding trafficking. The hotline received an estimated 500 calls during the year 2006. NAPTIP has organised seminars to raise awareness of the dangers of trafficking, of legal protections and of available resources. In addition, NAPTIP has established an antichild trafficking network within and outside Nigeria to fight human trafficking. NAPTIP has adopted collaborative strategies among countries and international agencies such as the International Organization for Immigration, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the areas of training, information sharing, investigation and prosecution. Source: www.naptip.gov.ng. 129