Interpol identifies West Africa as potential new hotspot for cybercrime compounds therecord.media/interpol-…

West Africa could be developing into a hub for scam centers, Interpol says, and other regions also are showing an uptick in such activity, mirroring a cybercrime trend that began in Southeast Asia.

In a brief report posted this week, the international police agency says new scam centers have been identified recently in the Middle East and Central America as well as West Africa, echoing a U.N. warning from April.

Interpol did not report specific data about the trend in West Africa, but recent reports have cited crackdowns in Nigeria and elsewhere.