Massive Cybercrime Crackdown: 18 Arrested, 400 Detained as Security Forces Seize Over 1,200 Phones
Sierra Leone’s security forces have launched a major crackdown on a suspected international cybercrime network, arresting 18 individuals and detaining approximately 400 others during coordinated intelligence-led operations in Freetown and Kenema. The operations, conducted in collaboration with the National Telecommunications Authority (NaTCA), resulted in the seizure of more than 1,200 mobile phones, hundreds of… The post Massive Cybercrime Crackdown: 18 Arrested, 400 Detained as Security Forces Seize Over 1,200 Phones first appeared on The Calabash Newspaper.
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