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Abstract
Cross-border human trafficking is an illicit enterprise with huge security implications on Nigeria's border communities because victims are transported through the country's porous borders to other countries for the purpose of exploitation. The paper examines cross-border human trafficking as well as its implications on border security in Nfum. Data for the paper were collected from textbooks, journals, and internet materials, and analysed using narrativeanalytic technique. The major findings of the paper are that cross-border human trafficking is driven by poverty, porous borders, negligence of parental duty, corruption among some border security operatives, spread of deadly diseases, war, low risk associated with the crime, and the tendency to portray Europe and United States as greener pastures by the media. Cross-border human trafficking has many effects including increase in the level of arms and ammunition smuggling through the borders, spread of deadly diseases around the border community, and increase in the spate of drug trafficking in the border areas. Also, cross-border human trafficking has underground economic benefits to the border community, and to the traffickers as the proceeds from the crime keep them in the business despite efforts by relevant authorities to mitigate the threats posed by the crime. Data for the study was collected via secondary sources. Among other things, the paper recommends that the government at all levels in the country should formulate robust and realisable policies aimed at poverty alleviation amongst the youth in Nfum, and in other border communities and states to discourage them from making themselves available to be trafficked. Key Words: Human trafficking, border, security, border security, border community