12/09/2026
SIX NIGERIAN NATIONALS EXTRADITED TO THE US OVER ALLEGED ROMANCE SCAMS
Six Nigerian nationals wanted in the United States for alleged wire fraud and money laundering have been extradited from South Africa.
The Hawks and INTERPOL South Africa facilitated the extradition on Friday, 11 September 2026. The suspects are allegedly linked to the Black Axe organised crime network and are accused of defrauding more than 100 US victims, including pensioners and businesspeople, of over R100 million through online romance scams.
The six were arrested in South Africa in 2021 and were later declared extraditable by the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court.
They were handed over to FBI and US Secret Service officials at Cape Town International Airport and flown to the United States