with Ghanaian authorities playing a pivotal role by apprehending 68 individuals and seizing a significant haul of evidence.
ccording to an Interpol statement, the coordinated crackdown, dubbed Operation Contender 3.0, targeted criminal networks exploiting social media and dating platforms to carry out romance scams and sextortion, causing an estimated $2.8 million in losses to 1,463 identified victims globally.
During the operation, police identified IP addresses, digital infrastructures, domains and social media profiles linked to members of the scam syndicates.
These leads and the subsequent arrests also resulted in the seizure of USB drives, SIM cards, and forged documents, as well as the takedown of 81 cybercrime infrastructures across Africa.
Source Lovinghananews.com
