The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has said that Nigeria is being unfairly linked to global internet fraud syndicates.
The Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Rafsanjani, said this to newsmen this Friday while commending the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on the arrest of 792 suspects involved in cryptocurrency investment and romance scam networks.
Recall that in December 2024, 792 suspects involved in cryptocurrency investment and romance scam networks, including young Nigerians who were recruited and trained to serve as local operatives, were arrested by the EFCC and they listed the suspects to include 148 Chinese, 40 Filipinos, two citizens of Kazakhstan, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian.
Rafsanjani is now calling on the government to increase investment in youth-focused initiatives, digital safeguards, and cyber-literacy programmes to reduce vulnerability to online fraud and recruitment by criminal networks.