Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, Julie Okah-Donli, has said it would adopt modern technology to tackle the menace of human trafficking.

Okah-Donli said the Agency would adopt proactive measures in identifying and apprehending human traffickers, saying her tenure would see to the adoption of modern technology, skills and expertise in investigation and prosecution.

According to her, human trafficking was a global phenomenon of serious concern that requires collective effort, saying it was a known fact that human trafficking had moved from the era of analogue and person-to-person recruitment to a well-orchestrated criminal network.

Okah-Donli said a network that was designed to deceive even the very best of operatives, saying surveillance and intelligence teams would be increased around known endemic communities and crime clusters.

According to the DG, the Agency would build synergy with critical stakeholders in the community, including religious and opinion leaders, for the purpose of monitoring unwholesome activities of traffickers within settlements.

She said for the perpetrators of the heinous crime, it was time to close shops, saying with hot pursuits by the agency, they should give up on this evil trade and look for new and genuine business.