Overview
- Interpol on Monday reported results of Operation Ramz, a four‑month crackdown across 13 Middle East and North Africa countries that ran from October 2025 to February 2026.
- The operation led to 201 arrests, the identification of 382 additional suspects, 3,867 confirmed victims, and the seizure of 53 servers tied to phishing, malware, and online fraud.
- Nearly 8,000 pieces of investigative intelligence were shared to back prosecutions and follow‑on cases, anchoring cross‑border evidence trails that national authorities can use in court.
- Jordanian police raided a fraud site and found 15 people forced to run scams after being trafficked from Asia, and they arrested two alleged organizers, highlighting the human toll of cybercrime.
- Actions also targeted the tools criminals rely on, including a phishing‑as‑a‑service platform dismantled in Algeria, compromised devices secured in Qatar, a malware‑infected vulnerable server disabled in Oman, and phishing gear seized in Morocco, with several suspects in judicial proceedings.