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West African scam compounds raided, more than 100 suspected trafficking victims ‘rescued’
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An international operation led by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and involving 15 tech companies – including Meta, Microsoft, and Google – resulted in the disruption of over 100 West African scam compound networks. The operation was prompted by information from Meta and involved the removal of over 3.7 million accounts, pages, and groups.
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