Inter-Agency Collaboration against Transnational Crime and Law Enforcement within Seme Badagry Border Migration Corridor Example

Abstract

The seriousness of transnational organized crime globally particularly across Nigeria and her neighbouring countries cannot be overemphasized leaving scholars to banter on diverse perspectives to its root and control design models. , and at the international level, Nigeria has demonstrated a commitment to cooperating with other countries particularly in the West African sub-region to combat its threats both bilaterally and multilaterally level to no avail, the need for inter-agency collaboration however, within Nigeria (at national level), is expedient. Hence, the focus of this study is to examine inter-agency collaboration in law enforcement against transnational organized crime, Seme, Badagry border migration corridor example. Using social network and institutional theories as well as mixed-method research design were adopted to examine the topic of interaction within Lagos international airports as population producing purposively and simple randomly 132 sampled respondents, thirty-two (32) each component agencies (NAFs, EFCC, ICPC, NDLEA, NIS, NCS, NSCDC, NPF, NIA, DMI) personnels for quantitative data while of the study interviewed ten (10, one each personnel). So, structured and self-administered questionnaires supported by key informant interviews (KIIs) are two instruments for data collection. While frequency distribution table aligned with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 software was utilized for quantitative data, after thematic transcribed content analysis was adopted for qualitative data. Based on the findings, human trafficking, drug trafficking are the major forms and trends of TOC in Nigeria and they have no significant impact in the country. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), and Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), are the prominent legal institution for inter-agency collaboration and coordination in combating TOC in Nigeria. A continuous strengthening of strong inter-agency collaboration was recommended among others.