A vast police operation against mafia groups specialising in internet fraud has been carried out in West Africa by Interpol, the international criminal police organisation. More than two million euros were seized or frozen and 103 people arrested in 21 countries in an investigation codenamed Operation Jackal.
"It sends a strong message to West African crime networks that no matter where they hide in cyberspace, Interpol will pursue them relentlessly," said Isaac Kehinde Oginni, director of Interpol’s financial crime and anti-corruption centre.
