…collaborates with the FBI, UK’s National Crime Agency, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, INTERPOL and other international agencies. Olukoyede, who was re-elected president of the Network of National Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa, NACIWA, said regional cooperation had become crucial to tackling asset recovery…

…Economic and Organised Crime Office, Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Police Service – INTERPOL, and the National Intelligence Bureau. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs worked with Ghanaian authorities to secure Adejorin’s extradition to the United States. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua Rosentha…

…rescue two Colombian women held captive in Lagos Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force INTERPOL Lagos Annex have rescued two Colombian nationals, Maria Camila Rodas Ortiz and Yuliet Fernanda Rios Mesa, who were allegedly lured to Nigeria and held against their will. The suspects, said to be Chinese nationals, fled whe…

An eight-month INTERPOL operation targeting West African organised crime networks resulted in 58 arrests across 22 countries on six continentsOperation Jackal IV ran from November 2025 to June 2026 and focused on groups like Black Axe, which has roots in NigeriaINTERPOL flagged a disturbing new trend during the operati…

…is arrested in Kano and repatriated The Nigeria Police Force, through operatives of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, has arrested and repatriated Mahadijiria Abdoulaye, a Chadian national wanted by authorities in N'Djamena in connection with the m#rder of an individual identified as Nazik Mahamat Sale…

…County from Mexico to face capital murd£r charges. The DA's office thanked Mexico Interpol, the U.S. Marshals Mexico Foreign Field Office, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Department of Justice-Office of International Affairs, DA Investigators Tiffany Johnson and Victor Espino-Nevarez, and Assistant D…

…29, 2026. According to the statement, the fugitive was arrested by operatives of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja on July 18. Iniedu said Jinlian is accused of masterminding the illegal shipment of two consignments of tree pangolin scales from Nigeria to China between November 2018 and April 2019. Two o…

…case is already before the courts after activists visited Zone 2 headquarters in LagosINTERPOL arrested businessman Hammed Tajudeen Akanbi in Cotonou over alleged links to two murders in Ajiran community in 2023 and 2024Jimoh revealed he faced financial inducements during the investigation but said no pressure would ma…

…Cyber Risk Is Now Systemic No organisation is immune, and the threat is no longer local. INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card, run across 16 African countries between late 2025 and early 2026, led to 651 arrests and uncovered roughly $45 million in losses affecting 1,247 victims. Its message was blunt: African cybercrime is n…

…collaboration among the Police, the Armed Forces, the Department of State Services, INTERPOL, and other partners reflects a clear recognition that today's threats transcend institutional boundaries. The Department of State Services continues to underscore the decisive role of intelligence in modern security operations.…

…to reach $1.5 trillion by 2030, but cybercriminals are scaling just as quickly. Interpol reported that cybercrime has cost the continent over $3 billion since 2019. South Africa alone recorded nearly 18,000 ransomware detections in 2025, the highest in Africa. Mastercard also noted that the country accounts for 29% of…