INTERPOL

An international crackdown on organised environmental crime across nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean has resulted in the arrest of 233 suspects and the recovery of more than 1,000 live animals, as authorities intensified efforts to dismantle networks profiting from the destruction of forests and trafficking of wildlife.

The warning came as representatives from 110 INTERPOL member countries met in Panama City, Panama, for the 2026 Plenary Meeting of the Global Congress on Chemical Security and Emerging Threats.

The suspect (whose name and photograph have been shielded from the public), had fled Sweden and was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice.

According to INTERPOL, the operation ran from November 2025 to June 2026, bringing together law enforcement agencies from six continents to identify high-value criminal targets, trace illicit financial flows, seize criminal assets and support arrests and prosecutions.

A continent-wide INTERPOL study shows only 8 percent of law enforcement cyber analysts in Africa have advanced skills required to track AI-driven attacks. Cybercriminals deployed artificial intelligence in 55 percent of all documented cybercrime cases across 36 African...

 INTERPOL's African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026 says artificial intelligence now powers 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across Africa, making attacks faster, more sophisticated, and harder to detect.  Cybercrime losses across the continent have surged from $192 million...

July 9 (THEWILL) — The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has announced the arrest of more than 5,800 suspects and the recovery of over $293 million during a coordinated anti-fraud operation conducted across 97 countries. Interpol disclosed on Thursday that...

October 22, (THEWILL) — The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has uncovered over $260 million in suspected terror-linked funds and arrested 83 individuals across six African countries in a sweeping crackdown on terrorism financing and related crimes. In a statement...

October 08, (THEWILL) — The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has arrested a Nigerian national in Argentina for his alleged role in a global romance scam syndicate that defrauded thousands of victims across multiple countries. The suspect, identified as Ikechukwu...

May 26, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has successfully extradited a Nigerian fugitive, Abubakar Aboki Muhammed, from the United Arab Emirates over his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar fraud. Force...