Posted on 06/16/2007 10:47:06 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Police in Amsterdam arrested more than 100 West Africans Saturday as part of a seven month long investigation into Internet fraud, they said.
Spokeswoman Sita Koenders told AFP that 111 people were arrested for being in the Netherlands illegally and "now we must investigate in what way they are implicated in Internet fraud."
Eight of those arrested were carrying false papers and they have been prosecuted. The others were detained and then released unless there were any extra charges against them, the police said in a statement.
In October, Dutch police launched Operation Apollo to fight Internet fraud scams operated by West Africans and notably Nigerians.
The scams involve sending emails all over the world promising recipients quick financial gains from a make-believe inheritance or fictitious lottery wins in exchange for 'processing fees' of several thousand dollars.
Those who pay up never hear from the supposed organisations again nor see a penny of their promised windfall.
Since Operation Apollo began, police have arrested 80 suspects, most of them from Nigeria, and seized from their homes lists of email addresses, as well as fake documents.
Dutch police believe over 2,000 Internet fraudsters are active in the country.
Get a rope!
Just some enterprising Africans, scamming folks the Europeans won’t scam?
How much more evidence is required before ALL immigrants from Africa and the Muslim world are identifed as “Persona Non Grata”...
Not acting FORCEFULLY to prevent the illegal and closely control the legal immigration is national and cultural suicide...
The Turd World has enough human debris to destroy any highly developed modern society — if allowed to enter at will.
They *had* these scam-meisters clapped in irons, AND THEN THEY LET MOST OF THEM GO?
Did I read that right???
Yes you read it right.
Bad boy Bad boy slap on the wrist, Don’t do it a again, Now run home and be a good boy and go hide so we have a hard time finding you and kicking you out of the country.
> Yes you read it right.
Crikey. The Dutch are clearly not serious about racketeering. Maybe they need an Attitude Adjustment: like everybody blocking anything from a .nl domain name.
>> Dutch police believe over 2,000 Internet fraudsters are active in the country.
Aiding and abetting. The Dutch are soft on drugs, and they are also soft on Spam and Internet Crime. Self-inflicted injuries that affect us all. They should therefore be punished as such.
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