Meanwhile, the Coalition of Northern Groups has alleged that the FBI and the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) had outrightly breached Abba KyariвЂ™s fundamental right to a fair hearing.ДЄccording to the group, Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), was not given the benefit of being heard before hasty actions were taken against him by both the FBI and the NPF. We are confident that this investigation will have a significant impact on this region and beyond.' Abba Kyari: FBI, Nigeria police not fair to ex-IRT boss, says Northern group вЂњThe fraudsters intimidated and berated their victims, ruined their lives, and then disappeared. Her words: вЂњThe suspects in this investigation are alleged to have ties to a transnational organised crime syndicate originating in Nigeria.

The police chief also revealed that these persons work with a crime syndicate based in Nigeria. She went on to note that the suspects will be charged with various financial crimes like conspiracy to commit wire/mail fraud/mail and money laundering. Mogale disclosed that the arrest was aided by the Mutual Legal Assistance from Central Authorities of the United States that was approved by the South African government. It was gathered that the suspects are males between the ages of 33 and 52 who are into cybercrime, scamming of widows, and divorcees. The police officers were aided by the FBI and Interpol Source: UGC They said it started as this whole thing of a fraternity brotherhood getting involved in the political process, but eventually became relatively powerful and started becoming increasingly violent and increasingly criminal.and eventually, they were banned and labelled cults in Nigeria.The South African police in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Interpol on Tuesday, October 19, arrested about eight Nigerian romance scammers in Cape Town.ДЄccording to Colonel Katlego Mogale, the spokesperson for South AfricaвЂ™s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), among those arrested were six criminals and the founder of the Black Axe cult in the city, PM News reports.

Hyman spoke to Nigerian journalists to find out more. It started as a post-colonial vanguard movement on Nigerian campuses in the 1970s, post-independence there. It has its origins in what is termed the Neo Black Movement of Africa, he explains. Groups like the Black Axe are called 'confraternities' in Nigeria. What are the origins of groups like the Black Axe? Tt's psychological manipulation on a level that I haven't seen Aron Hyman, Journalist - TimesLive Some of them have lost touch with reality completely. The Neo-Black Movement of Africa is a name interchangeably used for the mafia-style organisation that started on university campuses in Nigeria in the 1970s. are trapped in a world of paranoia and lies. He says it could be easy to dismiss these victims as people caught in a scam but it is far more psychologically devastating than that. They go online and these people have used sites like Christian Mingle.they have used a vast variety of online dating sites to find their victims. It's always people that are lonely, people that may have been widowed or divorced. Hyman says the targets are not just women. RELATED: Suspected romance scammers with ties to Nigerian syndicate arrested in Cape Town

The men are accused of scamming victims using social media and online dating websites.

Hyman says confraternities like Black Axe were seen as cults and banned in Nigeria but have origins in university fraternity brotherhoods.Д®ight suspected fraudsters arrested in Cape Town by the FBI, Hawks, and other law enforcement agencies will appear in court on Wednesday.

Investigative journalist Aron Hyman says the victims are psychologically damaged from online dating scam.

Refilwe Moloto speaks to investigative journalist Aron Hyman about the origins of the group that allegedly scam online daters. FBI, South Africa Arrest Eight Nigerian Black Axe Cult Members For Internet Scam, Money Laundering Seven leaders of the Cape Town zone of the Neo Black Movement of Africa, also known as Black.

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