All news on the topic: Interpol

Bulgarian authorities have arrested a man who held the lease on the ship that brought thousands of tons of chemicals to Beirut, where they exploded in 2020 while in storage at the port, causing catastrophic damage and killing more than 200 people.

The operation spanned 18 countries across Asia and North Africa, with authorities reportedly seizing fentanyl in quantities “enough to kill 151 million people.”

A convicted con artist who was the focus of the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler has been arrested in Georgia on Interpol’s request, officials have said.

A serial fraudster who carried out one of Britain’s biggest ever property swindles and spent the proceeds on a house and a raft of sports cars has been jailed for 10 years.

Authorities in 18 African countries, in cooperation with the United Kingdom, arrested 1,209 individuals suspected of cybercrime during an operation led by INTERPOL, the agency reported.

On August 22, INTERPOL announced that authorities throughout Africa had arrested over 1,200 suspects and confiscated nearly $100 million in a comprehensive cybercrime operation that dismantled online fraud networks and illegal crypto mining operations.

Petro Dyminskyi, who was named a suspect at the time of a fatal car collision, is still wanted by Ukrainian authorities. The investigation has been suspended while his current whereabouts remain unknown.

A fugitive wanted by Costa Rican authorities in connection with a massive fraud investigation known as the Madre Patria case was caught on wiretap boasting about buying into a bank in Mexico.

Initially arrested in October 2023, the French national was scheduled for extradition soon after.

The 24-year-old man was reportedly the subject of an Interpol red notice issued by French authorities.

Fake art, ancient loot, and digital smugglers: Europol-led operation reveals global trade in stolen cultural treasures.

The Moroccan wife of a British businessman who passed away while on holiday has inherited his entire fortune, according to friends.

A large cybercrime crackdown across seven African countries has revealed thousands of victims and resulted in hundreds of arrests.

Kemal Armagan has been detained in Izmir port after being pursued for years for three murders, including the 2009 killing of a shopkeeper in the UK and the fatal shooting of a rival gangster in Moldova.

Mohamed Amra’s arrest concludes a nine-month search following an ambush on a prison convoy by armed attackers in Normandy.

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.