Interpol announced Thursday that law enforcement agencies across Latin America have arrested 60 individuals suspected of sexually abusing children, following a large-scale operation conducted between February 2025 and January 2026. The operation spanned nine countries Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama and…
Police forces across 16 African countries have arrested more than 650 suspected cybercriminals and recovered over $4.3 million in a sweeping international crackdown on online scams. Operation Red Card 2.0 The operation, coordinated by INTERPOL, ran from December 2025 to January 2026 and targeted criminal networks behind: Investigators linked these…
Zwolle, Netherlands – On Tuesday, a Dutch court sentenced Amanuel Walid, an Eritrean national, to 20 years in prison for running a human trafficking network that subjected migrants to torture and extortion while transporting them from Eritrea to Europe via Libya. Court Findings The presiding judge described Walid’s actions as…
A large-scale INTERPOL operation across West Africa has led to 62 arrests and the confiscation of weapons, explosives, drugs, counterfeit medicines, and stolen vehicles. Operation Screen West Africa 2025, conducted from July to October, involved law enforcement agencies from 12 countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Côte d’Ivoire. Using…
A joint operation by Interpol and Afripol has led to the arrest of 83 suspects across six African countries and uncovered hundreds of individuals and entities linked to terrorism financing networks. The three-month initiative, dubbed Operation Catalyst, was conducted between July and September 2025 and marks the first continent-wide coordinated…
In a sweeping cybercrime operation spanning 14 African countries, Interpol has arrested more than 260 individuals linked to romance scams and “sextortion” schemes. The coordinated crackdown, funded by the UK and conducted between July and August 2025, targeted criminal syndicates exploiting social media and digital platforms to defraud unsuspecting victims.…