To aid in collecting money during traffic jams, the area boys place nails in the road and dig up the streets. One of the methods Area Boys use for extortion is to surround pedestrians, drivers, and passengers in vehicles, which are stuck in traffic, and force them to pay for some actual or fictitious service before letting them go. They extort money from passers-by, public transporters and traders, sell illegal drugs, act as informal security guards, and perform other "odd jobs" in return for compensation. Nigerian criminal gangs rose to prominence in the 1980s, owing much to the globalization of the world's economies and the high level of lawlessness and corruption in the country.Īrea boys (also known as Agberos) are loosely organized gangs of street children and teenagers, composed mostly of males, who roam the streets of Lagos, Lagos State in Nigeria. Organized crime in Nigeria includes activities by fraudsters, bandits in northern Nigeria (such as looting and kidnappings on major highways), drug traffickers and racketeers, which have spread across Western Africa.
Nigeria, South Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United States, Canada, India, Japan, ThailandĤ19 scams, drug trafficking, weapon trafficking, prostitution, contract killing, extortion, illegal diamond smuggling, robbery, fraud, money laundering, human trafficking, kidnapping JSTOR ( October 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Organized crime in Nigeria" – news
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