Nigeria has deported 50 Chinese nationals and one Tunisian convicted of cyber-terrorism and internet fraud, the anti-graft agency said on Thursday, as authorities intensify a crackdown on foreign-led cybercrime networks.
Since the operation began on Aug. 15, a total of 102 people have been deported in coordination with the immigration service, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said in a statement.
The Tunisian and the Chinese citizens were among nearly 200 foreign nationals arrested in Lagos during a raid on what officials described as one of the country’s largest cybercrime syndicates.
Late last year, the EFCC detained almost 800 people in a Lagos building believed to be a hub for scams in which fraudsters cultivated online romances before pushing victims into bogus cryptocurrency investments.