By Juliet Jacob Ochenje
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in collaboration with the international criminal police organisation (INTERPOL)has arrested 11 suspects over alleged money laundering and cybercrime.
In a statement jointly issued by INTERPOL spokesperson, AIG Garba Umar obtained by the Africa Health Report, AHR, some of the suspects were named John Chibuzor, 28-year-old, Ebo Junior Success, 27, Osahenrumwen Watson Osunde,28, and Festus Eghareyba.
Mr. Umar said the arrest was made by operatives of Interpol in Nigeria in collaboration with Korean national police following carefully up on the suspects’ information uploaded on the international database.
He said: “The operation was aimed at tackling money laundering, advanced fee fraud, and cybercrime activities around the globe, with participants spanning 30 countries, and the operation was carried out simultaneously with heavy coordination between local enforcement agencies such as the Nigerian police force (NPF), the Nigerian financial intelligence unit (NFIU).
“The dual face field operations were executed by November and December 2022, during this period 8 operatives from the Nigerian police force Abuja, were deployed to Delta, Edo, IMO, and Lagos to arrest individuals who had been identified beforehand through intelligence gathering.
“I believe strongly in the importance of international police cooperation between Interpol and its neighbors’ countries by inviting Nigeria to this operation, Interpol enable me to order the establishment of an operational center to coordinate with local law enforcement agencies like the Nigeria police force, the national financial intelligence unit, which led to the arrest of the 11suspects.”
