More than 5,800 people have been arrested and approximately $293 million in illicit assets have been intercepted or frozen after Interpol led a global crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crime, including illegal online gambling, business email compromise, investment fraud, romance scams and the money laundering networks that help criminal groups move stolen funds.

The operation, conducted between January 15 and April 30, brought together authorities from 97 countries and territories to crack down on organized fraud networks involved in business email compromise, investment fraud, romance scams, impersonation scams, illegal online gambling, and the money laundering schemes used to move criminal proceeds.

According to Interpol, investigators analyzed 152,808 cases, solved 23,715 investigations, identified more than 15,600 suspects and more than 142,000 victims, blocked 31,014 bank accounts, and issued 99 Interpol Notices and Diffusions during the operation.

The latest operation follows a series of coordinated international enforcement actions by Interpol targeting cyber-enabled crime. Earlier this year, Operation Red Card led to the arrest of 306 suspects across seven African countries after authorities dismantled criminal networks involved in online casino scams, mobile fraud and digital investment schemes. That operation, conducted between November 2024 and February 2025 through Interpol’s African Joint Operation against Cybercrime (AFJOC), also resulted in the seizure of more than 1,800 electronic devices and identified more than 5,000 victims.

Authorities reported a series of major cases across participating countries during the latest global operation.

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