More than 30 people have been arrested in Portugal, 1.4 million euros have been confiscated and 50 bank accounts frozen in an international operation coordinated by Interpol that involved the Judicial Police (PJ), as announced this Friday.
The JV statement explains that this international anti-organized crime operation in West Africa called “JACKAL” was directed against the criminal organization Black Ax, a mafia-style organization known for computer-assisted financial fraud and money laundering.
PJ participated in this operation through the National Cybercrime and Technology Crime Unit (UNC3T) from May 15 to May 29 this year.
In Portugal, the operation resulted in the arrest of 31 people (foreigners and nationals), the confiscation of about 1.4 million euros, the freezing of 50 bank accounts, the identification of 48 suspects and the opening of 28 investigations.
At the global level, the actions of various police forces allowed the seizure of about 2.15 million euros, the detention of 103 citizens, the identification of 1,110 suspects and the blocking of 208 bank accounts.
21 countries participated in this international operation: in addition to Portugal, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland. , United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States of America.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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