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Police arrest 10 suspected members of Black Axe cybercrime gang

ID: 13c8639d-5bca-57cd-9d01-2e8f04d361b0

STIX ID: report--13c8639d-5bca-57cd-9d01-2e8f04d361b0

Feed Name: Help Net Security

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-04-28

Date Updated: 2026-04-29

Author: Sinisa Markovic

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On 28 April 2026 Swiss authorities, with Europol support, executed coordinated house searches across several cantons and arrested 10 suspected members of the Black Axe criminal network — including the group’s Southern Europe regional head — accused of romance scams, other cyber-enabled fraud causing millions of Swiss francs in damages, and money laundering; Europol describes Black Axe as a hierarchical, transnational criminal organization with tens of thousands of members and significant illicit revenue streams.

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