The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announces the dismantling of an alleged transnational criminal network linked to the QNET/IGNITE group. According to the NIS, the suspects include 12 people, described as being involved in fraudulent employment and business schemes that are connected to irregular migration and related cross-border crimes. Multiple outlets report that the NIS carries out coordinated operations in Lagos and Ogun states, where it says two alleged trafficking victims are rescued. The service characterizes the operation as part of ongoing efforts to tackle irregular migration and transnational organised crime. One report adds that the arrests include an alleged foreign kingpin connected to the network. The NIS does not provide further public details in the excerpts on the specific methods of the alleged fraud or trafficking beyond the service’s description of fraudulent schemes and irregular migration linkages. The reports rely on statements attributed to the NIS, and the allegations have not been independently verified in the coverage.
Nigerian immigration arrests 12 over alleged QNET/IGNITE trafficking and fraud network
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) announces the dismantling of an alleged transnational criminal network linked to the QNET/IGNITE group. According to the NIS, the suspects include 12 people, desc...
- Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) arrests 12 people in connection with an alleged QNET/IGNITE-linked network.
- The NIS describes the alleged network as transnational organised crime connected to fraudulent employment or business schemes.
- The allegations are linked to irregular migration and related cross-border offences.
- Operations occur in Lagos and Ogun states, according to reports.
- NIS says it rescues two alleged trafficking victims during the operation.
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has dismantled a suspected transnational criminal network linked to the notorious QNET/IGNITE syndicate, rescuing two alleged victims of human trafficking and arresting 12 suspected members, including the group’s alleged foreign kingpin, during coordinated operations in Lagos and Ogun states. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by […] Immigration rescues two trafficking victims, arrests 12 suspects
1 day agoBy Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA — The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested 12 suspects allegedly linked to a network marketing group, QNET/IGNITE, over suspected involvement in irregular migration and related offences. The Service said the operation was carried out as part of ongoing efforts to tackle cross-border crimes and irregular migration in the country. In […] The post NIS arrests 12 suspects over alleged QNET-linked fraud network appeared first on Vanguard News.
1 day agoThe NIS said the QNET/IGNITE network is a transnational organised criminal syndicate involved in fraudulent employment and business schemes linked to irregular migration. The post Nigerian authorities dismantle alleged transnational human trafficking network, arrest 12 foreigners appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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