Nigeria deports 102 foreign scammers, mostly Chinese nationals

Nigeria has deported 102 foreigners including 50 Chinese nationals convicted of "cyber-terrorism and internet fraud", an anti-graft agency in the west African country said Thursday.

One Tunisian was also among those repatriated since August 15, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement, with more deportations scheduled in the coming days.

The deportees were among 792 suspected cybercriminals arrested in a single operation in the affluent Victoria Island area of Lagos last December.

At least 192 of those arrested were foreign nationals, of whom 148 were Chinese, the EFCC said.

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