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| China Opens Police Station in Nigeria |
The Chinese government has established police stations in Nigeria and over 20 other countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa, in what could be seen as a massive campaign to combat the growing cases of fraud and telecommunication crimes by Chinese nationals living abroad.
This is contained in an investigative report titled, ‘110 OVERSEAS: Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild’.
The Chinese Police Station known as ‘Service Station’ is located in Benin City in Nigeria and in two other countries in Africa, including Maseru in Lesotho, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
The other stations include 35 service stations in 16 European countries, 10 service stations in six American countries and five service stations in five Asian countries.
According to an investigation report by Safeguard Defender, the Chinese authorities claimed that from April 2021 to July 2022, 230,000 nationals had been “persuaded to return” to face criminal proceedings in China.