ghana news Ghana, not FBI, led ‘Operation Blackout’ against cybercrime - CSA clarifies

The Authority consequently called on the FBI to clarify its public account of the Ghana-led operation and acknowledge the contributions of the Ghanaian institutions and other international partners responsible for its execution.“The operation was led and coordinated by the CSA with support from Ghana's National Security Council, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, the National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria (EFCC), the Joint Case Team on Cybercrime (JCT), the Ghana Immigration Service, and the Office of the Attorney-General,” the statement explained.

Ghana-led effort The CSA explained that the operation involved several Ghanaian and international institutions working together to combat transnational cybercrime.