Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - A Nigerian national identified as Ikechukwu N. has been arrested in Argentina for allegedly orchestrating multiple online romance scams targeting thousands of victims across several countries.
The INTERPOL disclosed this in a statement released via its
official handle on Tuesday, October 7, 2025.
According to the statement, the arrest was made under
Operation Jackal, an INTERPOL-led operation focusing on West African organized
criminal groups involved in cyber fraud, money laundering, and related
transnational crimes.
INTERPOL said that Ikechukwu’s arrest marked Argentina’s
first arrest of a fugitive under a Red Notice who was simultaneously listed in
the organization’s Silver Notice database, a new project aimed at tracing and
recovering criminal assets worldwide.
“Argentine authorities have captured Nigerian national
Ikechukwu N., marking the country’s first arrest of a #RedNotice fugitive who
was also the subject of an INTERPOL Silver Notice,” the statement read.
"The suspect is accused of orchestrating multiple
romance scams involving thousands of women, and leading an international
cybercrime network.”
INTERPOL added that the arrest was jointly carried out by
the Argentine Federal Police and the Airport Security Police, with assistance
from the INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre (IFCACC), the
Federal Intelligence Secretariat (FIS), and INTERPOL Brazil.
The Silver Notice project, piloted in January 2025, enables
member countries to share intelligence on the location and recovery of
illicitly acquired assets linked to transnational crime.
The operation is part of a broader international crackdown
on cyber-enabled fraud schemes traced to West African syndicates.
INTERPOL said further investigations into Ikechukwu’s
activities are ongoing, with cooperation expected between Argentine
authorities, Nigerian law enforcement, and other international partners
involved in Operation Jackal.
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