Some 792 people have been arrested in Nigeria as part of a raid on a crypto romance ring. Many of those taken into custody from the site in Victoria Island were foreign nationals, including 148 from China. The scam targeted victims around the world by developing romantic relationships with their marks via social media and then manipulating them into buying fake crypto investments.
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The coordinator of the UN’s refugee response to the war in Sudan has said that the international community does not truly grasp the seriousness of the crisis. The UNHCR has received just 30 percent of the $1.5 billion needed to support the millions of people who have been displaced by what has become one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises.
Finally, DR Congo has filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using “blood minerals” in its supply chain. The country alleges that Apple has bought contraband supplies from its conflict-racked east and Rwanda; zones in which the materials are alleged to be mined illegally and then integrated into global supply chains before ending up in tech devices.
