Interpol Crackdown on West African Crime Syndicates Leads to 300 Arrests in 5 Continents

Published on July 17, 2024

A global law enforcement sting targeting West African crime syndicates has led to the dismantling of multiple criminal networks across several continents, asset seizures worth millions of dollars, and hundreds of arrests, according to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). Dubbed “Operation Jackal III,” the sting spanned 21 countries across five continents and targeted online financial fraud and the West African criminal groups responsible for it, Interpol said. Some 300 suspects were arrested in the operation, which also allowed law enforcement to identify another 400-plus additional suspects and block more than 720 bank accounts associated with financial criminal activity. “The volume of financial fraud stemming from West Africa is alarming and increasing,” Isaac Oginni, a director at Interpol’s financial crime division, said in a statement....

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