St. Louis FBI agents participate in sextortion ring bust in Nigeria

St. Louis FBI agents participate in sextortion ring bust in Nigeria

ST. LOUIS – FBI agents from across the United States, including St. Louis, have broken up a global sextortion ring in an effort dubbed Operation Artemis. According to the FBI, 22 suspects in Nigeria have been arrested, three of whom have been extradited to the U.S. for prosecution. The remaining suspects are in the process of being extradited. The impact of the crackdown in recent years has been dramatic in St. Louis and beyond, investigators sa…

FBI Sends Team to Nigeria to Track Down 'Sextortion' Scammers

'Operation Artemis' leads to the arrest of 22 Nigerians, half of whom are 'directly linked' to sextortion incidents in which their victims died by suicide.

FBI Cracks Sextortion Network Orchestrated From Nigeria, Arrest 22 After Spike in Teen Suicides

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Friday, April 25, 2025, that it had arrested 22 Nigerian nationals in a significant global operation aimed at tackling online sextortion scams that have contributed to a disturbing rise in suicides among American teenagers. The operation, named “Operation Artemis,” involved law enforcement agencies from Nigeria, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The suspec…

FBI arrests 22 Nigerians over alleged ‘sex scheme’ linked to rising teen suicides in US

The FBI through its Operation Artemis arrested 22 Nigerians involved in a massive sextortion network linked to over 20 teen suicides in the United States.

Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests 22 cybercriminals in Nigeria for sextortion - PENPUSHING

The United States of America Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested 22 cyber fraudsters who sexually blackmailed and extorted American minors, as it added that the arrests were made as part of “Operation Artemis,” an international operation launched in 2023 to fight the growing threat of sextortion among Nigerian-based sextortion rings. Penpushing reports that the Bureau in a statement explained that the agency in coordination with m…

FBI arrests 22 Nigerians in sextortion scheme after rising teen suicides - Lagos Television

The FBI has arrested 22 Nigerians allegedly involved in a financially motivated sextortion scheme that has been blamed for more than 20 teen suicides in the United States since 2021, the agency announced in a statement on its website. In the report published on Thursday, April 24, the arrests were part of a first-of-its-kind global operation, codenamed Artemis, conducted in…