{"id":222767,"date":"2026-05-30T03:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/interpol-leads-cybercrime-crackdown-across-13-countries-in-middle-east-north-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T03:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T07:20:13","slug":"interpol-leads-cybercrime-crackdown-across-13-countries-in-middle-east-north-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/interpol-leads-cybercrime-crackdown-across-13-countries-in-middle-east-north-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpol leads cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries in Middle East, North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/interpol-operation-ramz-middle-east-north-africa\/\">Interpol leads cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries in Middle East, North Africa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/interpol-operation-ramz-middle-east-north-africa\/\">https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/interpol-operation-ramz-middle-east-north-africa\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 14:56:23<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"cyberscoop.com\">cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interpol spearheaded a major cross-border law enforcement operation called Operation Ramz in collaboration with 13 countries across the Middle East and North Africa, targeting cybercrime operations. Spanning four months, the initiative led to 201 arrests, 53 server seizures, and the identification of 382 suspects. Authorities traced and disrupted various cybercrimes, affecting close to 4,000 victims. The operation proved the significance of global cooperation in combating digital crime by disrupting phishing operations, seizing tools linked to malware and scam services, and identifying human trafficking cases linked to financial fraud scams involving victims from Asia. Multiple agencies in countries such as Jordan, Algeria, Morocco, Oman, and Qatar were involved in dismantling illicit operations, seizing cyber fraud tools, identifying malware servers, and securing compromised devices from spreading malicious threats. The multinational effort drew support from organizations including Group-IB, Kaspersky, and other cybersecurity firms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation Ramz coordinated by Interpol made it the first large-scale effort of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa.<\/li>\n<li>The operation led to 201 arrests and the seizure of 53 servers.<\/li>\n<li>Authorities identified 382 suspects and disrupted cybercrime operations linked to almost 4,000 victims.<\/li>\n<li>Successful dismantling of cyber fraud scams and phishing services, disrupting human trafficking fraud schemes.<\/li>\n<li>Agencies from multiple countries seized devices and malware servers, securing potential threats.<\/li>\n<li>The operation underscored the importance of global collaboration in combating cybercrime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interpol leads cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries in Middle East, North Africa https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/interpol-operation-ramz-middle-east-north-africa\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1645775618.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[24,32,25],"class_list":["post-222767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity","tag-malware","tag-phishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222771,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222767\/revisions\/222771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}