Interpol has concluded a major phase of Operation Jackal IV, a seven-month international effort running from November 2025 to June 2026 that targeted West African criminal networks involved in financial fraud, money laundering, and cryptocurrency scams. Preliminary results include arrests in Argentina, Italy, Romania, and South Africa, where authorities raided seven sites in Johannesburg, detained 39 suspects, seized $2.67 million, and froze 257 bank accounts; the scams frequently preyed on retirees in English-speaking countries. The operation is the latest in a series of Jackal initiatives launched since 2022 aimed at dismantling networks such as Black Axe (a Nigeria-rooted organised crime group with global trafficking, prostitution, and violent crime operations), with investigations in several countries still ongoing.