Interpol has released the results of Operation Jackal IV, an anti-fraud initiative conducted from November 2025 to June 2026 across 22 countries and territories. The operation targeted romance scams, cryptocurrency and investment fraud, email scams and money laundering. Authorities made 58 arrests and identified 263 suspects. In Argentina, police dismantled a crime-as-a-service network providing website domains and money-laundering services, arresting 17 people and identifying 196 suspects. In South Africa, police raided seven locations in Johannesburg, arresting 39 suspects for romance and investment scams aimed at English-speaking retirees, while seizing $2.67 million and freezing 257 bank accounts. Italian police identified a suspect involved in a cross-European money-laundering network, with €845,000 in one account linked to laundering. Romanian authorities dismantled an investment fraud group, arresting 11 people and seizing cash, cryptocurrency and real estate.
Interpol has released the outcome of Operation Jackal IV, its newest anti-fraud sweep that ran from November 2025 to June 2026 across 22 countries and territories. It went after online financial crime: romance scams, cryptocurrency and investment fraud, email fraud, and money laundering.
Operation in numbers
During the operation, authorities carried out 58 arrests and identified 263 suspects.
Country-level results
Argentina: Police took apart a 'crime-as-a-service' network that sold website domains and money-laundering services. That led to 17 arrests and the identification of 196 suspects.
South Africa: Police raided seven sites in Johannesburg and arrested 39 suspects accused of operating romance and investment scams aimed at retirees in English-speaking countries. They also seized $2.67 million and froze 257 bank accounts.
Italy: Police identified one suspect tied to a Europe-wide money-laundering network and found €845,000 in laundered transactions moving through a single bank account.
Romania: Authorities broke up an investment fraud gang, arresting 11 people and seizing cash, cryptocurrency, and property.
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