In one of the most sweeping cybercrime operations ever mounted on the continent, global police coordination has unmasked a sprawling network of digital fraudsters who collectively stole from ordinary Africans and left a trail of financial ruin worth more than $45 million.
A high-seas operation involving the Kenya Navy, INTERPOL, and the US government led to the arrest of six Iranian nationals accused of trafficking methamphetamine worth Ksh8.4 billion. The dramatic operation, executed on October 21, unfolded after an intricate exchange of intelligence between international crime units and regional maritime agencies. What began as a routine maritime […]
In sextortion cases, criminals lured victims into explicit video chats, secretly recorded them, and later threatened to leak the footage unless they paid hefty ransoms.
According to the UK publication The Times, citing police sources, Scott is believed to have visited a gay bar in Westlands on Saturday, the day he arrived, and returned to the same establishment on Sunday—the day he vanished.
He described the incident as “shocking” and insisted that Tanzania must acknowledge the mistake. “President Samia owes me an apology,” he wrote, making it clear that he expected formal recognition of the error.
In Kenya, the police made nearly two dozen arrests in an online credit card fraud case linked to losses of $8.6 million.
The military intelligence is reportedly suspecting that the cash was destined for funding rebels in the country.
The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has written to Interpol and immigration to help establish the whereabouts of a Nairobi businessman who disappeared two weeks after a magistrate issued a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court. DCI is hunting for Davis Nathan Chelogoi, former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner, who is implicated in […]
The government has sought the intervention of Interpol over the activities of Worldcoin even as it emerged that there is a direct link between cryptocurrency, money laundering and the financing of terrorism.This came on the day Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki told MPs that the government had initially detained Worldcoin American citizens who are behind […]
The Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti been elected to the Interpol Executive Committee to represent Africa at the global security organ. Kinoti was elected Thursday during the 89th session of the Interpol General Assembly, in Istanbul, Turkey. The DCI chief will represent Africa at the key security organ that brings together over 195 member […]
Coast Directorate of Criminal Investigations Boss Washington Njiru has seeked the help of Interpol to have two Germans involved in the fraudulent and fabricated transfer of shares that saw Wilfred Guenther, a German investor lose directorship and ownership of Sh2 billion Mombasa based Hotel. DCI had on Wednesday said that two foreigners were being sought […]
Kenya has topped yet another wrong list as the latest interpol and European Union-backed report on global crime trends listed her amongst top countries with the worst organised crime problems globally. The Enact Organised Crime Index Africa 2019 that was launched on September 24 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New […]
