The Federal Authorities has accomplished the deportation of 192 international nationals convicted for cybercrime-related offences following a joint operation by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC), the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).
The train marks the conclusion of a serious enforcement operation that started after the arrest of 759 suspects throughout a sting operation on December 10, 2024, at Oyin Jolayemi Road, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The convicts had been discovered responsible by the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Lagos for offences together with cyber-terrorism, cash laundering, and Ponzi scheme actions.
The deportation, which commenced on August 15, 2025, was carried out in a number of batches. The primary group, comprising 42 Chinese language and Filipino nationals, was repatriated in mid-August, whereas others adopted by way of August and September. The ultimate batch of 51 convicts—50 Chinese language nationals and one Tunisian—was deported on October 16, 2025, concluding the operation.
In accordance with EFCC sources, the deported people had been amongst a community of international and Nigerian suspects arrested throughout a coordinated crackdown on a global cybercrime ring working below the identify Genting Worldwide Co. Restricted. Investigations revealed that the syndicate managed fraudulent digital platforms used to defraud victims each inside and outdoors Nigeria.
“The operation was primarily based on actionable intelligence that led to the dismantling of a complicated cybercrime syndicate,” an EFCC official stated. “Their actions concerned on-line fraud, identification theft, and Ponzi-style funding schemes.”
The convicts, drawn from China, the Philippines, Tunisia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Timor-Leste, had been sentenced and ordered deported in accordance with court docket rulings and established immigration procedures.
The coordinated repatriation underscores ongoing inter-agency collaboration to fight cybercrime and implement judicial directives involving international offenders in Nigeria’s digital and monetary crime ecosystem.
