AI, Poor Governance Aid Transnational Scams —UN Agency

Nigeria has emerged as one of the new destinations for transnational cybercrime syndicates relocating from Southeast Asia following intensified crackdowns by regional governments, a new United Nations report has revealed.
The report, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), warned that criminal organisations behind large-scale online fraud operations are increasingly moving into parts of Africa, including Nigeria and Kenya, in search of jurisdictions with weaker regulatory oversight and enforcement.
According to the report, law enforcement operations across countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have disrupted several cybercrime compounds but have faile...