Nigeria, April 26 -- The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has arrested 22 cyber fraudsters who sexually blackmailed and extorted US minors.

The law enforcement agency said 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.

The agency said that it, in coordination with multiple law enforcement partners, "conducted Operation Artemis-a surge of resources and personnel to Nigeria to address the high rate of sextortion related suicides attributed to Nigerian perpetrators."

In a statement shared on its website on Thursday, the FBI said this operation was necessitated by the growing rate of sextortion...