The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has joined forces with anti-human trafficking agency in Nigeria to support victims of job scams and human trafficking.

At a press conference, EOCO Executive Director Raymond Archer disclosed that the office has intensified efforts to clamp down on the operations of fraudsters.

As part of this initiative, EOCO is working closely with Nigerian counterparts to ensure victims receive the necessary assistance during and after rescue operations.

Mr. Archer emphasized that the cross-border collaboration is a strategic step to dismantle criminal networks exploiting vulnerable individuals under the guise of employment opportunities.

“There are some Ghanaians that have also been trafficked to Nigeria. And so, we are looking at investigating, we are profiling people, we are arresting people, we are detaining some of them, we are feeding them, we are taking some to hospital, and then we are working with our partners in Nigeria, EFCC and NAPTIP.

"NAPTIP is the Nigerian agency that is in charge of anti-human trafficking. So we made sure that we put them in a comfortable bus, transported all the 240 people all the way to Nigeria, and handed them over to the Nigerian government”, he stressed.

This strategic partnership, anchored in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between EOCO and direct-selling company QNET, is a unified response to the alarming rise in scams, illegal migration schemes, and human trafficking operations.

The Chief Communications Officer of the QI Group, Ramya Chandrasekeran, stated that her organization is actively working with security agencies to track down and apprehend the individuals behind the scams.

She assured the public that all fraudulent operations will be decisively dismantled in the coming soon as they have officially partnered with the EOCO.

“We have actually been working closely with the Ghana Immigration Service in helping with the repatriation of some of these victims who've unfortunately been lured here into Ghana. So we've certainly supported them with some of their activities.

"We've also been working with some of the embassies, including the most recent one was with the embassy of Burkina Faso, in helping to repatriate their citizens. Now, none of these people who were victims actually have anything to do with QNET, but unfortunately, they were lured into the country under the guise of something to do with QNET. And so, yes, we are engaging various security agencies, but this is the first formal partnership that we have established so far”, she explained.

This new partnership between EOCO and QNET marks a significant step toward dismantling cross-border criminal networks.

It reflects the shared concern of both EOCO and QNET over the deceptive practices of criminal syndicates who use fake job offers, scholarship scams, and false promises of international opportunities to exploit Ghanaians and other West Africans.