A court on Thursday, September 9, sentenced a Nigerian woman, Joy Chika Uzoma, to 10-year rigorous imprisonment for smuggling heroin in Mohali, Punjab, India.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Harjit Kaur Kaleke also imposed a fine of Rs1 lakh on the convict. In case of default of payment, the convict...
The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday, September 9, arrested thirty three (33) suspected internet fraudsters during a sting operation at different locations in Calabar, Cross River State.
Seventeen of the arrested suspects were picked up at a location on Post Office Street,...
A 39-year-old married teacher identified as Krystal Jackson has been arrested after allegedly raping a 14-year-old boy at least three times during private study sessions in Fresno County, California.
Fresno County Sheriff's Office and Central California Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force started their investigation against Jackson who teaches at Mountain View School in...
A dad killed his friend after discovering footage of him raping his young daughter.
Vyacheslav M, 34, was out drinking with his child's godfather, Oleg Sviridov, 32, in the village of Vintain in Russia's Samara region, when he discovered footage, which allegedly depicted several children being abused, including his daughter.
Other sickening videos...
A Nigerian man named Bamidele Muraina has been sentenced to 70 months in prison over $2.6m fraud in the U.S.
35-year-old Bamidele, better known as Dele Ewe, was also ordered by a U.S. court to pay $561,125.62 in restitution.
His conspirator, Gabriel Kalembo, 33, of Zambian, was sentenced to 50 months in prison and ordered...
Four men, including a Hindu priest, have been charged with raping and murdering a nine-year-old girl in India.
The girl, who has not been named, was sent by her mother to fetch water from the nearby crematorium in New Delhi on August 1, when she was attacked.
The men, who were...
A Nigerian national who walked into a police station with a "cheating" complaint in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, has been arrested after it was discovered that he had been staying in India without a valid visa since 2011.
According to the police, the Nigerian identified as Robert Otujeme, had allegedly transferred...
A major drug dealer wanted for attempting to export 69.65kilograms of cocaine, heroin, and cannabis to the United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, has been arrested at a church in Ojodu, Ikeja area of Lagos state.
A statement by Femi Babafemi,...
The Govindapura Police has arrested a 47-year-old Nigerian national and allegedly recovered over 400 ecstasy pills worth ?15.5 lakh (N8.5m) from him.
The accused identified simply as Thomas K was arrrested on Monday, August 16, while he was waiting for his customers to deliver the drugs, the police said.
A senior officer told...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an Italy-bound woman, Mrs. Nnadi Nora Chinyere who was caught with 100 wraps of heroin and two parcels of same substance at the departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
Director, Media & Advocacy of...
The Anti-Narcotic Cell of the Mumbai crime branch have arrested three suspects including a Nigerian national with 335 gram of mephedrone worth Rs 67 lakh.
The police claimed to have cracked the supply chain of local peddlers and the Nigerian national, and are further trying to establish the other links and...
A woman has been arrested after she slit the throats of her grandma and her grandma’s partner.
Harlee Swols, 22, left an Uber driver waiting outside her grandmother’s flat in Enfield, Connecticut, while she went inside to stab 72-year-old Maryrose Riach and James Samuel Bell, 63, multiple times.
The brutal attack happened at...
A Nigerian man accused of being a member of an international syndicate committing online fraud, has been arrested in Lahore, Pakistan.
According to the Additional Director FIA Cyber Crimes Wing, Shahid Hassan, the Nigerian national identified as Darlington Chimo Osuji, was arrested for allegedly defrauding people by posing as a female online.
"The accused...
In a major breakthrough, Delhi Police have busted a drug racket and arrested two Punjab-based peddlers and one Nigerian supplier with 1.122 kg of heroin worth over Rs 7 crore (N386m) in the international black market.
According to the police, a tip-off was received about the movement of drug peddlers in the...
The Khanna Police has arrested two persons, including a Nigerian woman and recovered a kilogram of heroin worth Rs 6 crore from them.
The Nigerian national identified as Princess Chinonye, residing at Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, and Palwinder Singh of Pandaw Nagar, New Delhi, were nabbed in Doraha, on Sunday, August 8.
"At...
Judgment day finally came for two Nigerian fraudsters, Tobilola Ibrahim Bakare and Alimi Seun Sikiru as they lost cash and properties in upscale Lekki axis of Lagos to the Federal Government following their arrest and prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The forfeited assets include the sums of...
Karnataka City Crime Branch (CCB) Narcotics wing sleuths have arrested five drug peddlers including a Nigerian national and seized drugs worth over N335m in Bengaluru.
Acting on a tip-off, police personnel raided an apartment in Hennur on Friday morning, August 6, and seized Hashish oil, marijuana, Charas balls and hydro weed saplings...
A 35-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested for illegal possession of drugs worth Rs 94,000 (N522,563.26) in Anjuna, Goa.
The accused identified as Chizoba Boniface Okeke was caught red handed when he came to deliver drugs to his prospective customers on Thursday, August 5.
The Anjuna police team led by LPSI Sneha...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has reportedly arrested a young woman who allegedly killed her boyfriend.
According to Media and PR expert, Vincent Aluu, the suspect identified as Lauretta, allegedly escaped with the deceased's N7m, Mercedes Benz 4matic and the car papers after killing him.
The victim identified simply...
Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, have arrested 13 persons for alleged Internet fraud.
The suspects are Daniel Nwafor, Yusuf Abdulwaheed, Yusuf Adekunle, Ejiga Samuel, Umar Farouk Mohammed, and Emmanuel Simon. Others include Habeeb Ikojo, Osondu Stanley, Ibrahim Oyelade, Taiwo Samuel, Churchill Onodu,...
A Nigerian man has been arrested by police in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh for allegedly defrauding several people after befriending them on social media platforms.
The 32-year-old accused identified as Okuwarima Moses, was arrested from Noida, on Monday, August 2.
Sub-inspector Santosh Pandey from Nawabganj police station said two mobile phones, a...
Internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, who is currently in the custody of the FBI has been giving details of how he and other members of his syndicate defrauded their victims of millions of dollars.
Below is an article as composed by Channels TV detailing the deal that Hushpuppi was...
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 55 suspected internet fraudsters in separate operations in Enugu and Ebonyi States.
A statement released by the antigraft agency says eighteen of the suspects were arrested on July 29, 2021, at Agbani Road and Thinkers...
A Koforidua Circuit Court in Ghana, has sentenced a 54-year-old man to 9 years and five months imprisonment for attacking his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend Deborah Osei, and her mother with acid at Awukugua in the Eastern Region.
The convict, Nana Yaw Mante launched the acid attack on the victims in December...
A Nigerian national, Simon Chukwunwike, has been arrested with 2 kilogrammes of cocaine in Pakistan.
The suspect was arrested by officials of the Anti-Narcotics Force on arrival at the Sialkot International Airport, Punjab on Tuesday, July 26.
According to Urdu Point, a search operation was carried out at international arrival counter of the airport...
Three Nigerian nationals have been arrested in 3 separate raids in India and drugs worth over N118m were recovered from them.
Police team raided a house in Yelahanka, Bengaluru on Tuesday, July 27, and seized drugs worth of Rs 55 lakhs from a Nigerian national and four Indians. All five people were...
A man and woman have been arrested in Maine, USA after police found cocaine disguised as a cake in their vehicle.
According to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, they received information from anonymous sources and stopped a vehicle on Tuesday July 20.
A K9 dog alerted the drug agency officers of...
Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on July 16, 2021, sentenced a serial fraudster, Alen Abel to fifteen years imprisonment for obtaining N4, 065, 000.00 (Four Million, Sixty-five Thousand Naira), under false pretence.
The offence is contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the...
The Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) of Mumbai crime branch has arrested a 44-year-old Nigerian national Umunna Ndubuisi Williams and allegedly recovered 110 grams of cocaine worth Rs 33 lakh (N18,167,990.30)
ANC officials said that a police constable with Azad Maidan unit received information of a foreign national coming to South Mumbai...
Justice Peter Kekemeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has sentenced a 29-year-old pastor, Stephen Kalu, to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl.
Kalu of the Adoration Ministry, Karshi, Abuja, was arraigned before the court on two counts bordering on rape. He was charged with having sexual...
A Pastor identified as Omosebi Fred Adeola has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before Justice A.O Otaluka of the Federal High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja on an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of funds to the tune of N15,619,000.
Adeola who is...
A dispatched rider, Emmanuel Samuel was on Sunday, July 11 arrested by men of Ogun state police command while running away with the motorcycle given to him by his company to dispatch their goods.
The suspect was arrested when he was accosted by policemen from Ogere division who were on...
A Nigerian national along with an accomplice have been arrested with cocaine and mephedrone in India.
The Nigerian identified as Blessing Edwin Okereke and Indian national, Suffran Farooq Lakdawala, were arrested from different locations in Thane on July 6 and 7, by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai unit.
A case...
Two dognappers have been arrested by police after trying to steal a very expensive puppy. The women were arrested on Monday, July 5, after allegedly stealing a French bulldog puppy worth $10,000 from a Texas pet store.
According to ABC News, the incident occurred around 12:25 p.m. at Petland Woodlands in Shenandoah, about...
The police in Kwara state have arrested a man for allegedly killing his father, Michael Olagunju, and selling his body parts to some ritualists in Kajola, Odo-Owa in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state.
Late Olagunju was allegedly murdered on his farm at Kajola last Thursday by his son...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Nigerian woman based in Brazil, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a...
Two Nigerian women have been arrested in Libya for allegedly stealing money and gold jewelry from their employers.
The suspects, who worked as housemaids were arrested by police in Zuwara city on Saturday, July 3.
It was gathered that the women were nabbed while allegedly attempting to escape to Tripoli on...
A female California corrections officer has been jailed for reportedly having sex with an inmate in full view of 11 other inmates.
Tina Gonzalez, 26, who worked as a Fresno County corrections officer since 2016 was arrested in May 2020 following an investigation into her conduct. The Sheriff's Office was...
A 38-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested with 7,000 ecstasy pills in Bang Khun Khunthian district of Bangkok, Thailand.
Paschal Nwaenyi was arrested in front of a building at the Eua-arthon 2 housing estate in the Tha Kham area of Bang Khunthian on Thursday night, July 1, said Pol Col...
Malaysian Police have arrested six Nigerian men and a Malaysian woman believed to be members of a syndicate involved in love scams.
The suspects aged between 33 and 42, were arrested during two raids around Kajang in Kuala Lumpur.
Federal Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Comm Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md...
The police in Ogun state have arrested a 25-year-old man, Adetoro Kazeem, a resident of No 2, Paara street Alakia area of Ibadan, for blackmail and extortion.
According to a statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, the suspect was arrested following a report by one Gloria Ogunnupebi,...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office on Tuesday, June 29, arrested six suspected internet fraudsters, at No. 2 Elewowrks Close, off First Avenue by Las Vegas Bus Stop, Rumuibekwe, Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The suspects identified as Kingsley Peters; Christian Ndibe; Kingsley Dominic; Marvin...
A Nigerian and his Malaysian wife were charged at the Ampang majistrate's court in Kuala Lumpur with illegally transferring RM4,080 belonging to a man.
Adetola David Gbolahan and Sopiah Jamaludin, 56, however, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to them before magistrate Farah Nasihah Annuar on June 21.
The...
The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Andrew Warri before Justice Sherifah Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a seven count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheques.
Warri was arraigned...
A Singaporean woman found guilty of starving, torturing, and killing her domestic worker from Myanmar, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The abuse of her domestic worker, 24-year-old Myanmar national Piang Ngaih Don, was captured on security cameras installed in the family's home.
The abuse ranged from stamping on...
A 41-year-old Nigerian man, Ejimadu Uchechukwu Benjamin and a local woman have been arrested in Thailand for allegedly possession of cocaine.
Wichai Chaimongkol, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board, said on Tuesday, June 22, that officials raided a postal service company on Monday and seized 390 grammes...
A Nigerian man has been jailed for 18 years in the UK after admitting multiple sexual offences committed against a child.
Adeyinka Oluwaseyi Ajose, 64 of Croydon was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday, 17 June at Croydon Crown Court for four counts of the rape of a...
An Italian court late has convicted four African men in the drugging, aggravated sexual assault and murder of an Italian teen in Rome, a crime that spurred calls in Italy for quick expulsions of migrants illegally living in in the country.
The four drug pushers including a Nigerian national, Alinno...
A man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking the home security cameras of more than 70 families around the world and obtaining more than 1,000 images of naked children.
Police say the alleged paedophile who is British, was arrested in Spain.
He worked as a babysitter and private tutor, but...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected drug trafficker returning from Pakistan at the Murtala Muhammed International Airpirt, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos.
Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, June 20, said the suspect Ezenyeche Kingsley Ebuka, had...
Authorities in India have arrested a Nigerian man for allegedly selling cocaine.
The country's central crime branch police in Bengaluru announced on Wednesday, June 16, that they have arrested one Nigerian man named Kelvin Idika for selling cocaine in the city.
The police said they recovered from the Nigerian cocaine valued...
Two Nigerian women who ran a prostitution ring from a base in Mullingar have been found guilty of human trafficking offences in what is believed to be the first conviction of its type in Ireland.
Alicia Edosa (44) and Edith Enoghaghase (31) were each found guilty on two counts of...
A Nigerian man named Echezonachukwu O. Obianefo, 23, has been arrested by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly stealing a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, which is valued at around $300,000.
Obianefo, of Houston, Texas, United States, is being held in the Harris County Jail in Houston and his bail was set at $50,000.
Obianefo is...
A Nigerian man has been arrested in Malaysia for allegedly conning a 49-year-old woman out of her RM78,000 (N7,825,021.75) savings.
State Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) chief Superintendent E Sundra Rajan in a statement on Tuesday, June 15, said the 38-year-old suspect was arrested during a raid at a condominium in...
Carabinieri police in Milan, Italy has arrested a 34-year-old Ghanaian man, George Kyeremeh, for allegedly killing his 25-year-old Nigerian ex girlfriend identified as Blessing Tunde.
The suspect was arrested in the early hours of Friday, June 11, by the homicide team of Carabinieri police.
Blessing was found dead on May 12, in a...
An Uber driver and two other traffickers have been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with different quantities of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.
Confirming his arrest, the spokesperson of the anti-drug agency, Femi Babafemi, said the Uber driver, Lawal Tunde...
