{"id":"tp-11337","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Nigeria Detains Binance Execs Over Alleged Illegal Crypto Operations, Seizes Passports","author":"Sheena Jordan","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/11337","datePublished":"2024-03-01T09:17:53.000Z","dateModified":"2024-03-01T09:17:53.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"According to reports from various media outlets, Nigeria has detained two executives of the Binance crypto exchange after they arrived in the country.","section":"Business","references":[{"title":"Financial Times","url":"https://www.ft.com/content/1507509b-7bbc-48a1-9828-d777036fff2b"},{"title":"Coindesk","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/29/nigeria-detains-binance-executives-as-it-investigates-the-crypto-exchange-reports/"},{"title":"Bloomberg","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-29/ngn-usd-nigeria-detains-binance-executives?leadSource=uverify%20wall&sref=3REHEaVI"},{"title":"alleging","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/28/binance-nigeria-moved-26b-worth-of-untraceable-funds-in-2023-central-bank-chief-says-reports/"},{"title":"Microsoft Bing","url":"https://www.bing.com/images/create/binance-executives-detained-in-nigeria-amid-allega/1-65e143e9d7354ced9a61154c7a805d79?id=wLlTAdqMbErzFuSJ9i4sKA%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg&thId=OIG3.5gYNZEPW2.H9F5EKUkZp&FORM=GCRIDP"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}