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title: DOJ/FBI "Joint Disruption Week": 28 arrests, 117 trafficking victims, 3.7M scam accounts removed in West Africa | ctxsec
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status: "confirmed (DOJ)"
published: 2026-10-13
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confirmed (DOJ)

2026-10-13

### 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](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-results-law-enforcement-and-private-industry-joint-disruption) · [The Record](https://therecord.media/ghana-nigeria-scam-centers-raided-uk-us) · [CyberScoop](https://cyberscoop.com/west-african-scammers-international-scam-crackdown-joint-disruption-week/)