Over 430 Electronic Devices Seized In Major Ghana Anti-Cybercrime Operation – US Embassy

More than 430 electronic devices have been seized in Ghana in recent weeks as part of a major international operation targeting cybercrime and human trafficking.

The United States Embassy in Ghana, in a Facebook post, disclosed that in the Accra suburb of Sasaabi alone, authorities seized 303 electronic devices and arrested 19 individuals.

During the last week of September, authorities made scores of arrests at six locations and seized another 129 electronic devices.

The Embassy said the operations also led to the identification of trafficking victims, including 117 victims pending repatriation to Nigeria in the Sasaabi operation and 34 victims in the late September swoops.

An additional 89 victims of the scam were also identified, with an approximate loss of $8.3 million, according to the Embassy.

The Ghana operation was led by the Ghana Cyber Security Authority, the Ghana Police Service Criminal Investigation Department and the National Security Service, with support from the UK’s National Crime Agency, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

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