Across continents and years, six men held in a Cape Town facility since 2021 are now being transferred to American justice — a slow but deliberate reckoning for crimes that preyed on loneliness and trust. Accused of belonging to Black Axe, a Nigerian syndicate that evolved from a university fraternity into a global criminal enterprise, they allegedly defrauded more than a hundred women of six million dollars through fabricated romances and elaborate emotional manipulation. The extradition is not an ending but a chapter in a widening international effort to dismantle networks that treat human c
Six Nigerians extradited to US for alleged romance scams targeting 100+ women
Over 100 women in the US were defrauded of millions through emotional manipulation and fake romantic relationships, including pensioners and businesspeople.