Nigeria has recorded two major arrests in a sweeping global cybercrime operation that uncovered over $2.4 million in suspected illicit funds. The International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL, said the arrests were part of Operation Serengeti III, a multinational crackdown that saw 1,462 suspects picked up across 21 countries between June …
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An international counter-terrorism operation involving Nigeria has identified 126 suspected foreign terrorist fighters after authorities used artificial intelligence to analyse more than 108,000 facial images extracted from jihadist material online. The operation, codenamed Operation Shams II, was coordinated by the International Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL, and held in Tunis, Tunisia, …
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INTERPOL said it had uncovered about 150 stolen vehicles trafficked from Canada, France, Germany, and the Netherlands into Nigeria, Ghana, and 10 other West African countries within two-week span. The crackdown, code-named “Safe Wheels,” was coordinated by INTERPOL with support from national law enforcement agencies across 12 West African nations. …
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IN a significant blow to one of West Africa’s most feared criminal networks, Interpol has coordinated a massive international operation against the notorious Black Axe organization. Operation Jackal III, conducted between April and July 2024, involved law enforcement agencies from 21 countries and resulted in the arrest of 300 individuals …
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Three vehicles namely Toyota Camry, Mercedes Benz and Hyundai have been recovered by the Nigeria police from Niger Republic. This was contained in a statement on Friday, June 24 by the Force spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. According to the police, three vehicles stolen from Nigeria, were recovered through the help …
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International investigators on Wednesday charged four people with murder over the 2014 shooting down of flight MH17 above rebel-held eastern Ukraine in which 298 people were killed. The Dutch-led team said it was going to prosecute Russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinskiy and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko over …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the immediate past Interior Minister, Abba Moro, on an 11-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, procurement fraud and money laundering. Moro was arraigned before Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja, alongside three others for their roles …
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Officials contend Snowden disclosures, use of sophisticated encryption and messaging apps are making terrorists harder to track.The Islamic State’s claim of responsibility for the Paris attacks that killed 129 people — including one American college student, has the potential to dramatically alter U.S. intelligence assessments of the group’s capabilities to …
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