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Eye
DIG AI: Uncensored darknet AI assistant at the service of criminals and terrorists

Resecurity has identified the emergence of uncensored darknet AI assistants, enabling threat actors to leverage advanced data processing capabilities for malicious purposes. …

interpol arrest africa
574 arrests, $3 million recovered in Africa-wide cybercrime crackdown

Law enforcement agencies across 19 countries arrested 574 suspects and recovered approximately $3 million during a major cybercrime operation spanning Africa. Suspects were …

arrest
European police busts Ukraine scam call centers

Law enforcement agencies from several European countries have arrested twelve persons suspected of being involved in scamming victims across Europe, Eurojust announced today. …

door
Global law enforcement actions put pressure on cybercrime networks

In 2025, law enforcement agencies disrupted the infrastructure and operations of established cybercriminal groups. These groups shift across borders, and the agencies pursuing …

Operation Endgame
Rhadamanthys infostealer operation disrupted by law enforcement

The rumors were true: Operation Endgame, a joint effort between law enforcement and judicial authorities of several European countries, Australia, Canada, the UK and the US, …

Law enforcement
How far can police push privacy before it breaks

Police use drones, body cameras, and license plate readers as part of their daily work. Supporters say these tools make communities safer. Critics see something different, a …

arrest
18 arrested in €300 million global credit card fraud scheme

A coordinated international operation has led to 18 arrests in a massive credit card fraud case worth at least €300 million. The effort, led by Eurojust, targeted a network of …

crypto scams
European authorities dismantle €600 million crypto scam network

Nine people have been arrested in a coordinated international operation targeting a large cryptocurrency money laundering network that defrauded victims of more than €600 …

Europol
Europe’s phone networks are drowning in fake calls

Caller ID spoofing has become one of Europe’s most persistent enablers of cyber fraud. A new position paper from Europol warns that manipulated phone identities now drive much …

United Nations
72 states sign first global UN Convention against Cybercrime

The world’s first global convention to prevent and respond to cybercrime opened for signature today in Hanoi, Vietnam, and will remain open at United Nations Headquarters in …

Bitcoin
U.S. seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin linked to massive forced-labor crypto scam

The U.S. government has seized about $15 billion worth of Bitcoin connected to what prosecutors call one of the largest cryptocurrency fraud and human trafficking operations …

global financial crime crackdown
$439 million recovered in global financial crime crackdown

Authorities around the world have recovered $439 million from criminals following a months-long operation led by INTERPOL. The effort, called HAECHI VI, ran from April through …

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