Interpol just confirm 130 arrests in Nigeria for Operation Red Card

Interpol don confirm say dem arrest 130 suspects for Nigeria as part of Operation Red Card, wey happun from November 2024 to February 2025 across seven African countries. Nigeria lead with the highest number of arrests — 113 of those suspects na foreign nationals, mostly oyibo pipo wey dey involved for cyber scams and investment fraud.

According to Interpol, the EFCC for December 2024 don already expose one big criminal ring wey dey recruit young Nigerians, give dem laptops and phones, even open social media profiles for dem to use for romance scams and cryptocurrency wayo. Dem also seize 26 vehicles, 16 houses, 39 plots of land and 685 devices for Nigeria alone. Some of these suspects wey dey work for the scam centres fit also be victims of human trafficking wey dem force into crime.

Rwanda arrest 45 members of one network wey dey impersonate telecom employees to steal over $305,000 from victims in 2024 alone. South Africa arrest 40 suspects and seize over 1,000 SIM cards for SIM box fraud wey dey change international calls to local ones. Zambia catch 14 people wey dey hack phones through malicious links wey install malware and give dem access to banking apps. This thing dey spread like harmattan fire — una don see any of these scams around una area?