GoKawiilInterpol-led Operation Jackal IV nets 58 arrests tied to Black Axe cybercrime network
Police from 22 countries collaborated to identify 263 suspects and arrest 58 people connected to West African cybercrime syndicates, including the Black Axe organization known for romance scams, crypto fraud and business email compromise schemes. Argentina, South Africa, Romania and Italy each contributed arrests and seizures, including $2.67 million confiscated from a group targeting retirees, while investigators also uncovered a Crime-as-a-Service network supplying domains and money-laundering support to organized crime groups.
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The operation shows how transnational crime rings now function like outsourced businesses, buying laundering and infrastructure services from third parties rather than building everything themselves. That decentralized model makes these networks harder to dismantle with single arrests, which is why coordinated multi-country action across Africa, Europe and South America was necessary to disrupt even part of the ecosystem.
- 58 arrests and 263 suspects identified across a coordinated international operation.
- Black Axe and similar syndicates ran scams via romance fraud, crypto schemes, and email compromise.
- Investigators exposed a Crime-as-a-Service model supplying laundering and domain infrastructure to criminal networks.
Source: bleepingcomputer.com, 2026-08-25
Published there as: “Police arrests dozens of suspects in global cybercrime crackdown”
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