The case was postponed to Thursday, when the bail application is expected to continue. The group allegedly used SA as a base from which to defraud women and companies both in SA and across the world.ДЄside from charges of conspiring to commit money laundering, the accused also face charges in the US comparable to charges in South African law such as fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and identity theft. The Black Axe network spans nearly the entire globe and is said to be a sophisticated criminal syndicate with links to drug smuggling, human trafficking, and sex trafficking in countries like Italy. The men face extradition to the US for allegedly defrauding 100 US women out of R100m. Nigerian diplomatic staff were also in attendance. Unlike during their first appearance which was dominated by the presence of the Hawks, police and Interpol agents, the accused had several supporters in court, including several female family members. Most of the men appeared wearing fresh brand-name clothing in the Cape Town magistrate's court on Tuesday. Toritseju Gabriel Otubu, 41, and Prince Ibeh - also Nigerians linked to the syndicate but who are not part of the leadership - were also arrested in the raids on nine Cape Town addresses. Enorense Izevbigie, 45, the groupвЂ™s alleged current leader.Perry Osagiede, 52, the alleged founder of the organisation's Cape Town zone.Six alleged leaders of the Black Axe were arrested in a huge police operation on Tuesday last week. This means, Prinsloo said, the onus is on the prosecutors to prove exceptional circumstances for the men to be kept in jail for the duration of their extradition hearing. They said it started as this whole thing of a fraternity brotherhood getting involved in the political process, but eventually became relatively powerful and started becoming increasingly violent and increasingly criminal.and eventually, they were banned and labelled cults in Nigeria.Lawyers for the eight alleged members of Nigerian organised crime syndicate Black Axe are trying to get their clients bail, arguing that their alleged crimes are not so serious.Дefence attorney Ben Prinsloo told the court that the South African equivalent of at least one of the charges his clients were facing was a schedule 1 offence and not, as the state alleges, schedule 5. Hyman spoke to Nigerian journalists to find out more. It started as a post-colonial vanguard movement on Nigerian campuses in the 1970s, post-independence there. It has its origins in what is termed the Neo Black Movement of Africa, he explains. Groups like the Black Axe are called 'confraternities' in Nigeria. The Black Axe is organised into regional chapters known as zones, and the defendants were all leaders within the Cape Town, South Africa, Zone. What are the origins of groups like the Black Axe? Tt's psychological manipulation on a level that I haven't seen Aron Hyman, Journalist - TimesLive Some of them have lost touch with reality completely. are trapped in a world of paranoia and lies. He says it could be easy to dismiss these victims as people caught in a scam but it is far more psychologically devastating than that. They go online and these people have used sites like Christian Mingle.they have used a vast variety of online dating sites to find their victims. It's always people that are lonely, people that may have been widowed or divorced. Hyman says the targets are not just women. RELATED: Suspected romance scammers with ties to Nigerian syndicate arrested in Cape Town The men are accused of scamming victims using social media and online dating websites. Abstract The thesis focuses attention on the activities of Black Axe Confraternity cult in major Nigerian university campuses. Hyman says confraternities like Black Axe were seen as cults and banned in Nigeria but have origins in university fraternity brotherhoods.Д®ight suspected fraudsters arrested in Cape Town by the FBI, Hawks, and other law enforcement agencies will appear in court on Wednesday.Friday October 22 2021, 10.30am BST, The Times. Investigative journalist Aron Hyman says the victims are psychologically damaged from online dating scam The logo of Black Axe, who have conned millions of pounds from women in romance scams.Refilwe Moloto speaks to investigative journalist Aron Hyman about the origins of the group that allegedly scam online daters.

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