Workshop 4 – Regional workshop for Africa

One of the top cyber threats identified by African member countries in 2023 was online fraud, particularly in terms of their volume and overall financial impact. The type of fraud ranges from advance-fee fraud, to romance scams, business email compromise or phishing, related threats such as ransomware offences, and challenges related to digital forensics, dark web investigations and proceeds of crime, including virtual assets.

Initiatives such as INTERPOL’s Africa Surges and Serengeti facilitate and streamline cooperation between African law enforcement agencies to prevent, mitigate, investigate, and disrupt online scams and not only. Building on the results of these successful operations, the workshop will examine case studies and models of cooperation in the investigation of online fraud and present experience of the countries in dealing with such cases.