2023-08-11 19:05:50
By Steve Tenre
Posted 6 hours ago, Updated 4 hours ago
The Black Ax is regularly targeted by Interpol operations, the last of which mobilized 21 countries including France (photo illustration). STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
INVESTIGATION – This Nigerian clan, halfway between the mafia and the sect, is one of the most prolific criminal organizations in the world, both in drug trafficking and in that of human beings.
Will this crackdown announced with great fanfare by Interpol have any effect on this very secret global mafia, some call it a sect? The International Criminal Police Organization revealed on Tuesday August 8 that it had arrested more than a hundred people around the world during the “Operation Jackalwhich mobilized law enforcement from more than 21 countries, including France, Germany, the United States and Nigeria. This operation was particularly aimed at an organization precisely originating in the latter country: the Confraternity of the Black Ax, also called “Black Axe».
«The message sent (to members of the Black Axe) is strong: no matter where they hide in cyberspace, Interpol will hunt them down relentlessly.“Reacted in a press release Isaac Kehinde Oginni, director of IFCACC, the Interpol center specializing in financial crimes and the fight against corruption. The operation bore fruit, thanks to the seizure of more than two million euros…
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