DOJ/FBI "Joint Disruption Week": 28 arrests, 117 trafficking victims, 3.7M scam accounts removed in West Africa
DOJ says a London-hosted operation (part of FBI's Operation Blackout) brought together law-enforcement agencies and tech firms including Meta, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Binance and Coinbase. Results: 28 arrests (19 in Sasaabi near Accra, Ghana, with 303 devices seized; 9 in Nigeria), 117 trafficking victims identified and awaiting repatriation, 89 scam victims with about $8.3M in losses identified, more than $11M in potentially freezable funds, and over 3.7M accounts, Pages and Groups removed. Scam types included law-enforcement impersonation, "digital arrest" extortion and pig butchering.
Sources: DOJ press release · The Record · CyberScoop