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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

Diego Nicolás Marset Alba, a reputed drug kingpin and brother to the leader of the “Primer Cartel Uruguayo” cartel, was arrested in Brazil on Tuesday 26 December as part of a regional police operation involving INTERPOL National Central Bureaus (NCBs) in Brasilia, La Paz, Asuncion and Montevideo. 22-year-old Uruguayan national Diego Marset had been avoiding

A criminal group responsible for the illegal streaming of 72 Korean and international channels and the distribution of nearly 110,000 video files has been dismantled following joint action between authorities in Korea, Indonesia and INTERPOL. The illegal service had been running for approximately nine years, capitalising on the high demand among Korean expatriates for domestic

A transcontinental police operation, featuring INTERPOL, against online financial crime has concluded with almost 3,500 arrests and seizures of USD 300 million (approx. EUR 273 million) worth of assets across 34 countries. The six-month Operation HAECHI IV (July-December 2023) targeted seven types of cyber-enabled scams: voice phishing, romance scams, online sextortion, investment fraud, money laundering

In the first operation coordinated across Asia by INTERPOL against illicit firearms, authorities in 10 countries have made over 1,700 arrests and seized 714 firearms, 921 parts and components, and 45,383 rounds of ammunition. From 13 – 24 November, Operation Trigger-Salvo II aimed to disrupt the cross-border movement of firearms, and determine potential links between

An INTERPOL-coordinated operation against people smuggling and human trafficking across the Americas has led to 257 arrests, the rescue of 163 potential victims and the detection of nearly 12,000 irregular migrants from 69 different countries. During Operation Turquesa V, authorities in 33 countries carried out more than 850,000 checks at major transit points to disrupt

Secretary General of INTERPOL Jürgen Stock recently welcomed the communique issued by the G7 Interior and Security Ministers meeting on 10 December. After briefing the G7 meeting on cyber-enabled fraud and transnational organised crime, the Secretary General said: “We warmly welcome the G7’s commitment to fight transnational organised crime, an international crisis that is undermining the rule

Over 70 people have been arrested in two operations to tackle environmental crime coordinated by INTERPOL, which were announced ahead of a major meeting on crime and the environment, that took place at the COP28 Summit. Environmental crime has become the third most lucrative industry for transnational organised crime groups, generating up to USD 280

To address the growth and sophistication of transnational organised crime, INTERPOL’s recent centennial General Assembly closed with a call to action to tackle this ‘epidemic’. Faced with greater connectivity between criminal groups and the parallel expansion of illicit activities, the Vienna Declaration sets out five priority actions to ensure law enforcement is better supported in