NCA-hosted operation arrests almost 30 fraud suspects, strips 3.7 million accounts

The NCA brought more than 100 law enforcement and technology staff to London for a week of coordinated action against fraud run out of West Africa. Arrests landed in Ghana and Nigeria, Meta pulled millions of accounts, and private partners flagged $11 million in potentially freezable funds. For compliance teams, it maps the public-private model now being used against investment and impersonation fraud.

• Almost 30 suspected scammers were arrested, primarily in Ghana and Nigeria, during the week of 6 to 9 October 2026.
• Meta removed 3.7 million profiles, Pages and Groups, and private sector partners identified $11 million in potentially freezable funds.
• Nineteen people were arrested and 303 devices seized in Sasaabi, Accra region, with 117 suspected trafficking victims identified; nine were arrested across Delta State, Nigeria.
• Over 1,110 Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to Report Fraud data were disabled, alongside over 490 Facebook accounts, over 490 ad accounts and over 380 scam domains.
• The event drew 15 law enforcement agencies and 15 companies including Meta, Microsoft and Google, and was funded by the Home Office Integrated Security Fund.