Meta has joined forces with tech companies including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI, along with law enforcement agencies, in a coordinated crackdown on scam networks based in West Africa.

Hosted by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) and launched on October 6, the operation targeted groups in Nigeria and Ghana running investment, romance and impersonation scams aimed mostly at people in the US and UK. Meta removed more than 3.7 million accounts, Pages and groups across Facebook and Instagram, while 28 people were arrested and 117 trafficking victims were rescued from a compound in Ghana.