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EFCC ARRAIGNS AUSTRIAN FOR UNDECLARED $800,585, €651,505 AT LAGOS AIRPORT. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 EFCC Arraigns Austrian For Undeclared $800,585, €651,505 At Lagos Airport


Updated:EFCC Arraigns Austrian for Undeclared $800,585, €651,505 at Lagos Airport 

 

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Friday, January 9, 2026, arraigned one Kavlak Onal, an Austrian arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $800,575 and €651,505 in his possession before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos 

 

Onal, who was scheduled to travel on Emirates Airline to Dubai, was intercepted by operatives of the NCS during a routine check at the AML/ CFT Currency Declaration Desk on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

 

 

He was subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution.

 

Upon completion of investigation, the defendant was arraigned on Friday, January 9, 2026, on a two-count charge bordering on money laundering.

 

Count one reads : “ That you , Mr. Kavlak Onal, on December 13th, in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, failed to make a declaration of the sum of $800,575 (Eight Hundred Thousand, Five Hundred and Seventy Five United States Dollars) to the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport , Ikeja , Lagos and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 3 (5) of the Money Laundering ( Prohibition and Prevention ) Act, 2022.”

 

Count two reads: “That you, Mr Kavlak Onal, on the 13th December, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, failed to make a declaration of the sum of €651,505(Six Hundred and Fifty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Five Euro) to the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport , Ikeja , Lagos and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 3 (5) of the Money Laundering ( Prohibition and Prevention ) Act, 2022.”

 

The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to him

 

In view of his “not guilty” plea, prosecution counsel, Bilikisu Bala Buhari, asked the court for a trial date to enable the prosecution prove its case against him and for the defendant to be remanded at a Correctional Centre.

 

The defence counsel , Stanley Imhanruor, informed the court of a bail application on behalf of his client.

 

In response, the prosecution counsel stated that she was served with the bail application at 9.07 a.m. on Friday, January 9, 2026, and added that she would need some time to respond to it.

 

Consequently, Justice Bogoro adjourned the case till January 16, 2026 for the hearing of the bail application.


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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Okotie Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, January 9, 2026, arraigned one  Kavlak Onal, an Austrian national arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sums of $800,575 and €651,505 in his possession. He was arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos.  Onal who was scheduled to travel on Emirates Airline to Dubai, was on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 intercepted  during a routine check at the AML/ CFT Currency Declaration Desk at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

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