Police arrests dozens of suspects in global cybercrime crackdown

Key Points:

• Law enforcement agencies from 22 countries collaborated in Operation Jackal IV, identifying 263 suspects and arresting 58 individuals linked to cybercrime networks coordinated by West African criminal groups between November 2025 and June 2026.
• The operation targeted the Black Axe cybercrime syndicate, known for global cyber-enabled financial fraud including romance scams, cryptocurrency scams, and business email compromise fraud, with ties to violent crimes.
• Argentinian authorities arrested 17 suspects connected to a Crime-as-a-Service network aiding West African groups, while South African police arrested 39 individuals, froze 257 bank accounts, and seized $2.67 million from scams targeting retirees in English-speaking countries.
• Romanian and Italian authorities also made arrests related to investment scams and pan-European money laundering networks involving shell companies and remittance services.
• Separately, between December and January, African authorities arrested 651 suspects in Operation Red Card 2.0, another Interpol-led joint action spanning 16 countries targeting organized crime.