Africa’s mobile money risks alarm Interpol

Interpol warned that organized crime has infiltrated Africa’s mobile money industry as a platform for human trafficking, money laundering and the drug trade.

By Arete News - July 6, 2020

A highway ad for mobile banking above a police checkpoint in Malawi (AN/Lars Ploughmann)

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