The FBI's expanded global efforts to disrupt and dismantle sprawling scam compounds that prey on Americans netted multiple arrests in Africa last week, as well as millions of dollars in potentially freezable funds and the takedown of social media accounts tied to fraud, officials said.Operation Blackout is the FBI’s global campaign to identify and dismantle foreign scam compounds through overseas raids, asset seizures and the disruption of web domains and infrastructure linked to scam networks.Authorities also worked to rescue trafficked workers and return stolen money to victims."Thanks to a brilliant partnership with the Department of Justice, across multiple African countries, we arrested 28 alleged criminal actors, seized over 350 devices, identified at least $11 million in potentially freezable funds, freed over 100 trafficked workers, and identified over 100 potential scam victims here at home," FBI Director Kash Patel exclusively told Fox News Digital.FIRST ON FOX: FBI TARGETS GHANA SCAM COMPOUND LINKED TO NEARLY $10M IN LOSSES, MORE THAN 130 DETAINEDThe operation also identified more than $11 million in potentially freezable funds, helped take down 3.7 million social media accounts and identified more than 120 trafficked workers for repatriation.(Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)"This is what happens when law enforcement executes with precision across the inter-agency," Patel added.
"We are demolishing criminal scam centers across the globe and truly saving lives."In a series of initiatives stemming from the larger FBI operation, authorities conducted law enforcement raids and seizures last week as part of a "Joint Disruption Week" based out of London that resulted in 28 arrests across Ghana and Nigeria.GLOBAL PARTNERS ARE JOINING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THIS FBI TO TAKE DOWN SCAM EMPIRES FOR GOODIn addition to the arrests, authorities identified more than 100 scam victims with losses so far exceeding $10 million.The more than 120 traffi...