19 Arrested, 303 devices seized -  US Justice Dept shares latest details of Sasaabi cybercrime raid

International cooperation The operation included members of the US Department of Justice, the Scam Center Strike Force under the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, the FBI, the US Secret Service, the US Department of the Treasury, Homeland Security Investigations, the Homeland Security Task Force, the UK's National Crime Agency, the Nigerian Joint Case Team on Cybercrimes, the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center and the Cyber Security Authority.

The United States Department of Justice has disclosed that 19 individuals were arrested and 303 electronic devices seized during a cybercrime enforcement operation in Sasaabi, a suburb of Accra, as part of a coordinated international effort targeting online scam networks operating in West Africa.

The Ghana operation was led by the Cyber Security Authority, the Ghana Police Service Criminal Investigation Department and the National Security Service, with support from the United Kingdom's National Crime Agency, the FBI and Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.