At the least 11 suspected “high-level members of a number of terrorist groups” have been arrested by the Worldwide Legal Police Organisation, Interpol, in Nigeria.
They had been among the many 83 suspects apprehended throughout six African international locations, in an operation code-named ‘Operation Catalyst’.
Nations the place arrests had been made embrace Nigeria, Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia and South Sudan.
In a press release, Interpol revealed that the operation lasted two months and focused “terrorism financing and the criminal activity supporting it”.
It added that over 15,000 individuals of curiosity and entities had been regarded into.
The operation found $260 million in each fiat and digital currencies and seized over $600,000.
“Of the 83 arrests, 21 had been for terrorism-related crimes, 28 had been for monetary fraud and cash laundering, 16 had been linked to cyber-enabled scams and an extra 18 had been associated to the illicit use of digital belongings,” the assertion learn in half.
