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INTERPOL’s Heads of NCB conference has ended with delegates approving a series of conclusions to boost the law enforcement response to address the increasing logistical, operational and technological sophistication of transnational organised crime. Expanding access to I-24/7, INTERPOL’s secure global police communications network, to specialised law enforcement units and border control points, and sharing more

Strengthening INTERPOL’s global network to combat the threat of transnational organised crime was the focus of the annual Heads of National Central Bureaus (NCBs) meeting. Building on the five priority actions outlined in the Vienna Declaration, 321 police officials from 136 countries that attended the conference identified initiatives to expand access to INTERPOL’s global databases to

Belgium has enacted a new law considerably boosting its ability to solve cases of missing or unidentified deceased persons, which INTERPOL approves of. Until now, officials in Belgium were restricted from sharing DNA profiles to international databases for criminal missing persons investigations, essentially limiting their ability to find answers abroad. The new legislation explicitly allows

In January 2024, Brazilian authorities announced the arrest of five administrators behind a Grandoreiro banking trojan operation, thanks to help from INTERPOL. Grandoreiro malware is introduced through phishing emails impersonating recognised organisations, such as courts or telecom and energy companies and has been considered a major cybersecurity threat across Spanish-speaking countries since 2017. Once in,

A new INTERPOL assessment on global financial fraud has highlighted how the increased use of technology is enabling organised crime groups to better target victims around the world. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), large language models and cryptocurrencies combined with phishing and ransomware as a service business models have resulted in more sophisticated and

INTERPOL deployed a special intelligence support team to a high-risk terrorism zone in West Africa to support Côte d’Ivoire in maintaining a safe environment for Africa’s Cup of Nations – CAN. From 13 January to 11 February, the Africa Cup brought 24 national soccer teams to Côte d’Ivoire to compete in the cities of Abidjan,

Some 1,300 suspicious IP addresses or URLs have been identified as part of a global INTERPOL operation targeting phishing, malware and ransomware attacks. Operation Synergia, which ran from September to November 2023, was launched in response to the clear growth, escalation and professionalisation of transnational cybercrime and the need for coordinated action against new cyber

A comprehensive analysis of the Metaverse’s key challenges, threats and harms from a law enforcement perspective is outlined in a new INTERPOL White Paper that was recently published. Contributing towards a secure-by-design Metaverse, the document identifies current and potential Metacrimes, such as grooming, radicalisation and cyber-physical attacks against critical infrastructure, as well as theft of