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.

Executive summary

The National Crime Agency announced that almost 30 suspected scammers were arrested and 3.7 million online profiles and accounts removed as part of an NCA-hosted crackdown against fraud perpetrated from across Africa. The arrests took place primarily in Ghana and…

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