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Gavin Blackburn

At least 260 suspects in online romance scams arrested across Africa, Interpol says

A crackdown on cybercrime coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrests of 260 people suspected of links to online romance and extortion scams, the international policing organisation said on Friday.

The operation took place in July and August across 14 countries in Africa and focused on scams in which perpetrators build online romantic relationships to extract money from targets or blackmail them with explicit images, Interpol said.

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