{
  "id": 14361097,
  "title": "US lauds tech giants' role in cracking West African scam centers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/us-lauds-tech-giants-role-in-cracking-west-african-scam-centers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T03:56:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/us-lauds-tech-giants-role-in-cracking-west-african-scam-centers/articleshow/134931604.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Justice Department on Tuesday praised Meta and other tech giants for their support in dismantling online scams in West Africa. The Justice Department provided more details on Tuesday, saying it was coordinated with the UK's National Crime Agency and describing it as the first of its kind in West Africa.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}