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INTERPOL Operation First Light Nets 5,811 Arrests and Seizes $293 Million

ID: 406aa913-cc93-54aa-a097-73febee77545

STIX ID: report--406aa913-cc93-54aa-a097-73febee77545

Feed Name: Security Affairs

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-07-09

Date Updated: 2026-07-19

Author: Pierluigi Paganini

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INTERPOL’s Operation First Light (15 Jan–30 Apr 2026) coordinated activity across 97 countries to disrupt large-scale social engineering fraud and money laundering, resulting in 5,811 arrests, identification of over 142,000 victims, blocking of USD 293 million in illicit assets, and the analysis of 152,808 cases; the operation highlighted schemes including business email compromise, romance scams, sextortion, impersonation, and sophisticated use of cryptocurrencies and cross-chain token swaps.

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