Ghana police say they saved dozens of Nigeria’s work fraud

Ghanaian police say that about 76 Ghanaians who were smuggled to Nigeria under a rescue recruitment plan were rescued.

The victims, most of whom were young, were lured, promises to football contracts with the best foreign teams, job positions abroad or help in processing the visa.

Upon their arrival, travel documents and mobile phones were seized, and they were accommodated in crowded rooms under bad conditions, says the police.

The victims were forced to contact their families for a petition for about $ 1,000 (727 pounds) in the guise of paying training or facilitation fees. It was also claimed that the mastermind of fraud used the telephone lists for the victims for the fraud of their friends and relatives.

Seven suspects from Ghana have been arrested regarding trafficking.

The head of the Criminal Investigation Department in Ghana (CID), Lydia Yaku Donkour, said at a press conference that the rescue operation was conducted in cooperation with Nigerian and Nigerian law enforcement agencies.

The victims were rescued from different states in Nigeria between May 19 and June 27 this year, and they have not yet been reunited with their families in Ghana.

CID president warned families against checking profitable job offers and educational opportunities abroad before seizing them.

She said that the victims were convinced of fraud, and they are usually directed to travel by road to an unfamiliar country.

They are subsequently transferred to a “camps contract” – rented rooms where up to 40 people are forced to live in sub -level conditions. Under pressure, they were forced to employ others, deceive even their families and friends, Mrs. Donkour said.

She said: “The psychological and economic harm caused by these victims and their families are devastating,” adding that in many cases, the victims “suffer from malnutrition and are psychologically affected” that they are unable to resume their normal lives.

QNET, a global life and well -being marketing company that is alleged to be associated with employment fraud, has been banned from work in Ghana since 2022 by claiming the management of the Ponzi scheme.

The company has repeatedly denied any involvement in fraudulent activities.

Cases of temptation to be seduced by false work promises and entry into online fraud plans are not uncommon in Ghana and Nigeria.

Police say efforts are continuing to arrest all those behind the fraud.