On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's Enugu Zonal Command, working with a Joint Task Force made up of three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service and five teams from the Nigeria Police Force, apprehended 115 (one hundred and fifteen) people they believed to be currency racketeers in Enugu State. READ FULL ARTICLE>>>>>>
In a sting operation at Owerri Road, Ogui, Enugu State, the suspects—113 (one hundred and thirteen) men and 2 women—were taken into custody after reliable information revealed that certain bureau de change operators, currency speculators, and street vendors were running illicit foreign exchange markets there.
N110, 700,000.00 (one hundred and ten million, seven hundred thousand naira only), $8,368.00 (eight thousand, three hundred and sixty-eight US dollars), £145.00 (one hundred and forty-five pounds), €2,725 (two thousand, seven hundred twenty-five euros), 900 South African Rands, 32,000.00 CFA, 100 Turkiya, and 500 Bank Mozambique currencies in various denominations are among the items that were recovered from them. Additionally, a safe that a street vendor had left behind was found.
Some of the suspects are foreign nationals from the Niger Republic, according to preliminary inquiry results.
They would shortly face legal charges.