US Envoy reveals reason for Nigeria visit, meetings with EFCC, Police, others

The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, INL, Michael Gonzales, has elaborate the large highlights of his travel to Abuja, Nigeria.

In a connection connected Monday, the US Mission announced that the United States and Nigeria had deepened their collaboration against financially motivated sextortion, romance scams and transnational cybercrime.

According to the US Embassy, Gonzales' travel to Abuja was aimed astatine advancing shared US-Nigeria information priorities successful areas affecting some countries.

His sojourn coincided with Nigeria's Cybercrime Awareness Week, during which helium emphasised the request to fortify practice against cyber-enabled transgression successful meetings with elder Nigerian authorities officials from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF.

According to the US Mission, Gonzales and Nigerian information officials discussed ways to grow associated efforts against financially motivated sextortion, romance scams and different forms of transnational cybercrime.

Highlighting however cybercrime tin cr...