New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- Lagos removals of 192 foreign convicts reveal disciplined fraud farms, tight ledgers, and a system built to survive crackdowns.

Abuja, Nigeria - Nigeria has completed a mass deportation of 192 foreign nationals convicted of cybercrime offenses, closing a ten-week repatriation drive that officials say targeted one of the most organized online fraud networks operating from West Africa. The final flight left Lagos on October 16, carrying the last batch of convicts who had finished court and correctional procedures. Authorities framed the operation as a stress test of Nigeria's capacity to prosecute cross-border fraud and to coordinate removals under immigration law while complying with court directives.

The mass deport...