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Tech Giants and Global Police Dismantle West African Scam Rings

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Tech Giants and Global Police Dismantle West African Scam Rings

A coordinated effort by international law enforcement agencies and tech companies to crack down on fraud and scams based in countries across West Africa led to the arrests of 30 suspected scammers and the removal of 3.7 million online profiles and accounts, the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said in a Tuesday (Oct. 13) press release.

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The NCA hosted this initiative, which included participation by 15 international law enforcement agencies and 15 tech companies, according to the release.

“Fraud is a global problem and it takes partnership working across international boundaries to tackle it,” Nick Sharp, deputy director of fraud at the NCA, said in the release. “Hosting such a rich and dedicated team of law enforcement and technology companies at NCA’s headquarters enabled us to utilize the power of partnerships and strike back at a significant set of criminals who inflict misery on thousands of victims of fraud.”

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The U.S. Department of Justice, which was among the participants in the initiative, said in a Tuesday press release that this “Joint Disruption Week” effort demonstrated a growing global commitment to dismantling transnational scam networks and was the first such effort focused on West Africa.

S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro for the District of Colombia, founder of the Scam Center Strike Force , said in the release.


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