Over the course of the last three months, gardaí have made 63 arrests in response to a joint Interpol-led investigation that targets west African criminal organisations, reports RTE.
Operation JACKAL involves law enforcement agencies from 21 nations on six continents, including the Garda Síochána, targeting cybercrime gangs including the Nigerian criminal gang ‘Black Axe’.
As part of the operation, 37 searches have been conducted by gardaí since April of this year, leading to 63 arrests, reports RTE.
Six juveniles are among the seventeen individuals who have been charged.
Furthermore, according to gardaí, two automobiles valued at around €40,000 apiece and eleven phones have also been confiscated.
Gardaí believe the cars were bought with money that was either stolen or laundered, reports RTE.
Products worth close to €50,000 that were allegedly bought with money that was either stolen or laundered were also taken into custody.
In addition, roughly €81,000 and $260,000 worth of bitcoin were confiscated by Gardaí, who also banned 17 bank accounts that may have been formed fraudulently.
The searches were conducted by Gardaí affiliated with the National Economic Crime Bureau and the Criminal Assets Bureau, reports RTE.
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