The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Ibrahim Lamorde, said yesterday that the commission has convicted more
than 288 persons over internet crimes, extradited four fugitives to the
United States while 234 cases are still being prosecuted in courts
across the country.
According to a statement yesterday by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson
Uwujaren, Lamorde gave the statistics during the opening ceremony of a
three-day conference at the EFCC Academy in Karu, Abuja.
The conference has the theme: “Regional Cooperation Against
Internet-based Transnational Fraud” and was organized by the commission
in collaboration with the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
The statement quoted Lamorde as saying that, “counterfeit financial
instruments seized by the commission in collaboration with the Nigeria
Postal Service, stood at $24.213 million, £858,937 million and €1.195
billion.”
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Mohammed Bello Adoke, while declaring the conference open, said that
Nigeria is leading the fight against cybercrime and other economic and
financial crimes in West Africa and across the world........... (stay updated @beautystarmagazineonline)
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