A Chinese national wanted in connection with a Ponzi scheme estimated to have defrauded nearly 24,000 victims out of EUR 34 million ($35.7 million) was arrested in Papua New Guinea following cooperation via INTERPOL. Posing [c]
A joint collaboration between INTERPOL, Korean and Moroccan law enforcement resulted in the shutdown of an illegal webtoon site and detention of a suspect. Moroccan authorities facilitated the action, thereby dismantling the criminal enterprise and [c]
A fraud gang suspected of swindling a US-based company out of about EUR 455,000 (about $495,950) has been taken down in raids across Johannesburg, South Africa led by investigators from the country’s Hawks Serious Commercial [c]
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has arrested 11 alleged members of a prolific cybercrime network as part of a national police crackdown coordinated together with INTERPOL. Arrested by officers of the NPF Cybercrime Police Unit [c]
Kenyan Police have arrested a man wanted by INTERPOL for allegedly smuggling dozens of men, women and children to Europe. Wanted by The Netherlands since 2017, 53-year-old John Habeta was taken into custody at Schiphol [c]
The 5th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies on December 7 – 8, 2021, co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, INTERPOL and Europol, saw several thousand participants from the public and private sectors gathering [c]
An operation coordinated by INTERPOL codenamed HAECHI-II saw police arrest more than 1,000 individuals and intercept a total of nearly $27 million of illicit funds, underlining the global threat of cyber-enabled financial crime. Conducted over [c]
The INTERPOL General Assembly has adopted a resolution addressing the challenges faced by law enforcement investigating cases of online child sexual exploitation and abuse. Through the resolution, member countries expressed their concern at the increased [c]
In light of October being, in various countries across the globe, the month to raise awareness of cybersecurity and domestic violence, Kaspersky has joined with other Coalition Against Stalkerware experts to provide police officers with [c]
A 4-year operation across five continents has disrupted a ransomware cybercrime gang and seen the arrest of seven suspects believed to be behind global malware crime operations. Codenamed ‘Quicksand’ (GoldDust) and carried out by 19 [c]
A 30-month transcontinental investigation and operation led by INTERPOL has resulted in arrests and Red Notices for suspects believed to be behind a global malware crime network. Two Red Notices, which are internationally wanted persons [c]
Gathering at the INTERPOL Dialogue, leaders of regional policing bodies discussed the need for a more effective and coordinated response to tackle cybercrime and other transnational threats. The growing trend of ‘cybercrime as a service’, [c]
ECPAT, INTERPOL, and the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, with support from Safe Online at the End Violence Partnership, have partnered to release a new report titled Disrupting Harm in Kenya. The Disrupting Harm [c]
A new report published by INTERPOL gives key insights into cybercrime in Africa. The result of cross-sector collaboration, the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021 will help countries in Africa to understand the most prevalent threats [c]
On Friday 1 October, Seraphin Ibouanga, Director of Cabinet of the Interior Minister in Gabon, presided over the inaugural ceremony of the Gabonese National Police Forces’ newly-created criminal intelligence analysis unit. Also present at the [c]
In its efforts to remind everyone to remember that cybercrime is often just a single click, tap or swipe away – whether it’s in a business or personal setting – INTERPOL has launched a new [c]
While most of the world’s football fans were watching the UEFA European Football Championship, hundreds of specialized officers across 28 countries were targeting organized crime groups looking to earn millions from illegal gambling and related [c]
INTERPOL has issued a global alert for organized crime groups attempting to defraud governments with fake offers to sell COVID-19 vaccines. The warning follows some 60 cases in 40 countries around the world where individuals [c]
A suspected prolific child sexual abuser has been arrested by Guatemalan law enforcement in a police operation supported by INTERPOL. In an investigation that began in February 2017, specialized law enforcement officers from around the [c]
An INTERPOL operation saw thousands of checks carried out against its global databases in order to strengthen efforts against cross-border crime. The five-day (19 – 23 July) Operation STOP (Smuggling Training and Operations Programme) included [c]
INTERPOL Secretary General Jürgen Stock has called for police agencies worldwide to form a global coalition with industry partners to prevent a potential ransomware pandemic. Speaking at the INTERPOL High-Level Forum on Ransomware (held on [c]
With evolving threats, technology and the pandemic shifting the foundations of police work, senior police officials worldwide have endorsed measures to boost the role of National Central Bureaus (NCBs) as a gateway between INTERPOL and [c]
An alleged prolific cybercriminal has been apprehended in Morocco following a joint two-year investigation by INTERPOL, the Moroccan police and Group-IB. Acting under the signature name of ‘Dr Hex’, the suspect is believed to have [c]
A record number of fake online pharmacies have been shut down under Operation Pangea XIV targeting the sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines and medical products. The operation coordinated by INTERPOL involved police, customs and [c]
The importance of streamlining border management with systematic data checks was the focus of the first INTERPOL-International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) joint passenger data exchange forum. Bringing together counter-terrorism and transnational-crime, customs, migration, transportation and [c]
In 2004, Croatian police found a man’s body in the Adriatic Sea. The condition of the body, which rendered identification through fingerprints or facial recognition impossible, meant that – for more than a decade – it [c]
Authorities in Peru have arrested a couple accused of producing sexual abuse material of their two-month old baby, following an international effort to save the child from harm. In early April, specialized investigators in Canada [c]
Amid an exponential increase in online fraud, an INTERPOL-coordinated operation codenamed HAECHI-I mobilized more than 40 specialized law enforcement officers across the Asia Pacific region. Over six months of coordinated intelligence collection and joint operations, [c]
INTERPOL is creating a new cybercrime operations desk with UK funding to boost the capacity of 49 African countries to fight cybercrime. The Africa desk will help shape a regional strategy to drive intelligence-led coordinated [c]
With reports of digital piracy increasing by more than 60 per cent in some countries during the past 12 months, INTERPOL is launching a new project to tackle this fast growing crime area. With EUR [c]
Being spied upon through one’s computer or phone is easily the stuff of nightmares. Nevertheless, ‘stalkerware’ – commercial software that allows someone to secretly monitor others through their devices – is a real threat that [c]
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