Interpol

INTERPOL’s first large-scale cybercrime operation across the MENA region has led to 201 arrests, the identification of 382 additional suspects and the discovery of 3,867 victims. Operation Ramz ran from October 2025 to February 28, 2026, with 13 countries working together to disrupt malicious infrastructure, identify suspects and prevent additional losses. The sweep targeted the infrastructure behind phishing, malware and online financial scams rather than a single named platform or token. Authorities seized 53 servers and shared nearly 8,000 pieces…

International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has formally designated crypto-enabled fraud as a global criminal threat, following the adoption of a new resolution at its General Assembly, which aims to tackle the rapid expansion of transnational scam centres implicated in large-scale fraud, human trafficking, and severe abuse. According to the organization, these criminal hubs often lure victims with promises of high-paying overseas jobs before coercing them into compounds where they are forced to carry out schemes ranging from voice phishing and…

Following the press release on the 8th of January this year, the report elaborated on the joint efforts established in collaboration between Trend Micro and Interpol that significantly target the issues dealing with cryptojacking that primarily affects MikroTik routers mostly in the regions of southeast Asia. The impact on the hash rates presented in cryptocurrency mining has not been significantly affected, even based on this act of collaboration between the two organizations. However, there has been a significant reflection on the decreased cryptojacking incidents based on…