Agence de régulation des postes et communications électroniques (ARPCE), Congo’s telecom regulatory agency and the local police disbanded a network of international call fraudsters. Indeed, on October 19, 2018, four residents were arrested in Nkombo, North of Brazzaville, with various sim cards, a Simbox, two modems, and a laptop.

Marc Sakala (photo), interim network and service manager at ARPCE, declared that it only took the agency’s agents three days to trace the fraudsters.  

"Thanks to our devices, we carefully monitor the whole telephone traffic within the country. These equipment on which the regulator committed enormous resources, help us detect with precision, the location of a fraudulent network", the official said during a press meeting for an update on the case on October 24, 2018. 

"Taking into account the country’s economic environment, it is more than imperative that ARPCE ensures tracking and monitoring of telephone traffic, which is listed in the fundamental tasks of the institution, because it contributes to the preservation of government revenues", he added.  

This operation follows another one conducted some weeks ago at Pointe-Noire.