On November 6, 2025, Ghana’s Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) conducted simultaneous raids, arresting 320 individuals in a QNet human trafficking ring. Of these, 295 were confirmed as victims, lured under false job promises and coerced into QNet’s MLM pyramid scheme, while 25 are suspected traffickers. This follows 110 victims rescued earlier in November and 26 traffickers arrested in October 2025, per. QNet, a Malaysia-based MLM founded by Vijay Eswaran, has been banned in Ghana since 2022, yet continues operations through trafficking networks.
QNet recruits victims from Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Cote d’Ivoire, promising high-paying jobs, only to force participation in pyramid recruitment, r. Victims are held in compounds, trained to recruit others, and denied exit until targets are met, per. EOCO now cites cooperation with QNet, a controversial move that critics argue legitimizes the pyramid scheme while ignoring $1B+ in global fraud, per. QNet could halt trafficking by blocking suspect promoter accounts, but refuses, enabling the cycle X posts from @GhanaCrimeWatch condemn EOCO-QNet ties
Since launching as QuestNet in 1998, QNet has faced:
Recent incidents include September 2024 (487 arrests), July 2025 (Nigeria-Ghana ring), and September 2025 (17 deportations).
QNet’s persistence highlights MLM pyramid risks in Africa, where economic desperation fuels recruitment, per. Bitcoin (BTC) ($96,989) and Ethereum (ETH) ($4,070) remain unaffected, per CoinMarketCap, but MLM scams erode trust in crypto-adjacent schemes, per. Ghana must enforce the 2022 ban and prosecute QNet leadership, per. Victims should report to EOCO at eoco.gov.gh, per. Diversify into USDC or ETH with stop-losses below BTC’s $95,000, per TradingView. Follow @TheBlock__ on X for updates. QNet’s Malaysia base shields it, but international pressure could end the scam by 2026
