The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, has arraigned an Austrian national, Kavlak Onal, for allegedly failing to declare large sums of foreign currency while attempting to leave Nigeria.
Onal was intercepted on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, during a routine check at the Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Currency Declaration Desk.
According to authorities, he was found in possession of $800,575 and €651,505, which he allegedly failed to declare as required by law.
The defendant, who was scheduled to board an Emirates Airline flight to Dubai, was arraigned on Friday, January 9, 2026, before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
In a statement shared on its official social media platforms, the EFCC said Onal was arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) before being handed over for prosecution.
The anti-graft agency said investigations are ongoing and that prosecution will proceed in line with Nigeria’s anti-money laundering laws.
