Jessica’s Phone Under DSC Scrutiny: Bad News for the “Panama City” Group

The Special Cybersecurity Division is analyzing the phone of Kh. Kébé, known as “Jessica,” on the orders of the Pikine-Guédiawaye prosecutor’s office as part of the investigation into the “Panama City” group. S. Manga, who uses the name “Anita,” says Jessica added her to the group, where she met A. Thiam, a man living in France; an intimate video filmed at his home was later posted online. Jessica says the group was used to share links to her TikTok videos with her moderators, while investigators are examining whether it instead connected men and women to obtain intimate videos for possible blackmail. The blackmail suspicions have not been established, and investigators hope phone data will clarify the group’s activities and how the video was leaked.