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U.S.-Led Crackdown on West African Scam Networks: 28 Arrested in Ghana and Nigeria, 117 Trafficking Victims Found, 3.7 Million Fake Accounts Removed

The Justice Department says “Joint Disruption Week,” hosted by Britain’s National Crime Agency, was the first coordinated international operation aimed specifically at West Africa’s scam centers. A raid in an Accra suburb found 117 trafficking victims now awaiting repatriation to Nigeria.

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Jeanine Pirro
Jeanine Pirro, now U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, who founded the Justice Department’s Scam Center Strike Force. (File photo)Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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