Nigeria has deported 50 Chinese nationals and one Tunisian convicted of cyber-terrorism and internet fraud, the country’s anti-graft agency announced on Thursday.
The operation, led by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in collaboration with the Immigration Service, began on August 15 and has so far resulted in the deportation of 102 individuals, according to EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale.
The recently deported group was part of nearly 200 foreign nationals arrested in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, during a raid on one of the country’s largest cybercrime syndicates.
This crackdown follows a major EFCC operation late last year, when nearly 800 suspects were apprehended at a Lagos building allegedly serving as a hub for online fraud. Victims were said to have been deceived with fake romance offers before being pressured into bogus cryptocurrency investments.
