The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, and the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has accomplished the deportation of 192 overseas nationals convicted of cyber-terrorism, web fraud and associated monetary crimes in Lagos State.
The massive-scale deportation, which started on August 15, 2025, concluded on October 16, 2025, with the repatriation of the ultimate batch comprising 50 Chinese language nationals and one Tunisian.
It marked the top of months-long operation described by safety officers as one of the nation’s most intensive cybercrime crackdowns.
In accordance with EFCC officers, the deportees have been half of 759 suspects arrested throughout a coordinated sting operation on December 10, 2024, at Oyin Jolayemi Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Appearing on credible intelligence, operatives stormed the premises of Genting Worldwide Co. Restricted, a entrance allegedly used to perpetrate large-scale on-line fraud and Ponzi funding schemes.
Investigations uncovered that the syndicate ran a classy community engaged in id theft, cyber-enabled Ponzi schemes, and worldwide monetary scams.
Many of the convicts have been mentioned to have skilled native recruits and managed digital platforms used to defraud unsuspecting buyers throughout a number of nations.
The Federal Excessive Courtroom in Lagos subsequently convicted the overseas nationals on costs of cybercrime, cash laundering, and fraudulent funding operations.
Their deportation adopted courtroom directives issued in accordance with Nigerian immigration and penal legal guidelines.
The primary batch of 42 convicts, largely Chinese language and Filipino nationals, was deported in mid-August, whereas different teams have been repatriated in phases by September and October.
In whole, the EFCC confirmed that the 192 deported people have been nationals of China, the Philippines, Tunisia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Timor-Leste.
