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Nearly 800 arrested in Nigerian Crypto-Romance scam crackdown.
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said it detained 792 people in a raid on a building thought to be a hub for scammers who enticed victims with promises of romance before pressuring them to give over cash for bogus cryptocurrency investments. Female vendors operating illegally in Bulawayo’s Central Business District endure daily battles with municipal police as they try to protect their livelihoods and avoid having their items confiscated. On Tuesday, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake slammed Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, causing damage to houses and cars and killing at least one person.