All news on the topic: Interpol

In 2024, cryptocurrency scams were responsible for receiving at least $9.9 billion on-chain, a figure that is expected to rise as we continue to identify more illicit addresses linked to fraud and scams in the upcoming months.

The Netherlands has formally requested the extradition of convicted drug criminal Jos Leijdekkers, a notorious figure in international drug trafficking.

Armenia hands over two organized crime suspects Turkey wanted for years.

A sweeping Interpol-led operation targeting illegal mining in West Africa has led to the arrest of 200 people and the seizure of substances worth $100,000.

The story of the theft of almost one million dollars from the cryptocurrency exchange Four Dragons, registered in Kyrgyzstan, has long gone beyond an internal incident.

Operation Serengeti, a joint effort with Afripol, the African Union’s police agency, took place from September 2 to October 31 across 19 African countries.

Global law enforcement action dismantles cybercrime networks on thousands of IP addresses, seizing servers and arresting suspects worldwide.

Police forces in France, Italy and Spain join cold-case initiative after launch last year of Operation Identify Me

The Ropazi District Council in Latvia plans to convert a luxury mansion confiscated in 2018 from the ex-chief of Interpol’s Uzbek chapter into a kindergarten.

Police across Europe, South America, and Africa detained over 200 individuals and seized US$1.6 billion worth of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals during a two-month anti-narcotics operation, Interpol announced on Tuesday.

Authorities in 61 countries collaborated last week to dismantle multiple online scam networks, freezing 6,745 bank accounts and seizing assets worth US$257 million, including $2 million in cryptocurrency.

Law enforcement agencies around the world coordinated in a joint operation against human trafficking that led to hundreds of arrests and more than 1,000 victims identified, Interpol reported.

Zambia’s Mubita Nawa, who is on shortlist for top job, is accused of involvement in an attempted extortion in 2022

Moldova detained Tuesday four allegedly corrupt officials tied to an international conspiracy that has allowed criminals to escape Red Notice arrest warrants issued by Interpol.

Emissions trading was supposed to save the planet. But fraudsters quickly learned how to rip the system off, making themselves spectacularly rich. Then some of the major players started turning on each other

With highly organised digital attackers thought to be taking over from armed robbers, the Mirror looks back at some of the largest heists, including jewel thieves dubbed the Millionaire Moles

Last year, fraud made up 38% of recorded crime in the UK, affecting three million victims and costing them £2.5 billion

Comedian Jocelyn Chia threatened to get 'cancelled' after her stand-up joke about missing flight MH370 went viral and sparked outrage from Singaporean and Malaysian officials

The suspected Russian defector was gunned down in a car park in Southern Spain near Benidorm, a popular city with British and Russian tourists alike. Hitmen sent by the Kremlin are believed to have been behind the brutal slaying

The Mirror tracked down activist Bill Browder who is top of Vladimir Putin's UK kill list for an exclusive interview where he issued a chilling warning of a Kremlin hit-list with at least a dozen names on

Ewan Corbett bragged of his travels abroad in a Facebook video after fleeing the UK ahead of a court case following a crash which killed a 21-year-old man

Fugitive Ewan Aaron Corbett - who is wanted by cops in the UK for skipping court in 2022 - stands accused of causing the death of his pal Shane Finn back in 2020

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Alex Batty said mum Melanie, 43, and grandad David, 64, should avoid the police in an interview with reporters. The pair disappeared with Alex on a holiday when he was 11

Géro Vigney, the director of a college in France, said he tried to alert police that he had spoken to Alex Batty but they reportedly told him to come back later due to policing strikes