INTERPOL

Today we honour the courage and sacrifice of law enforcement officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. Their service will never be forgotten. Share this message to show your respect for the #FallenOfficers. 🖤 Abu Dhabi Policeشرطة أبوظبي Arma dei Carabinieri Australian Border Force Australian Federal Police Dubai Police HQ Gendarmerie Nationale Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Gendarmerie royale du Canada Guardia Civil NZ Police Police nationale Policie České republiky Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet Polizia di Stato

Do you recognize this woman? The woman was found in July 2019 by the occupants of a boat anchored 150 metres off the coast of Santa Eulalia, Ibiza🇪🇸. She had recently drowned and was wearing only a two-piece swimming costume. Her absence was not reported by any of the boats anchored there and no report of her disappearance was filed in the following days. It is believed that the day she died, she had left in a black van to work on a boat for wealthy Middle Eastern clients. An investigation by the Balearic Homicide Unit established that the woman was a sex worker in the Ushuaïa area (San Antonio, Ibiza), presumably of Romanian nationality but of Hungarian origin. She was considered to be introvert because she hardly spoke with others; her acquaintances did not know her name. She was usually accompanied by a thin blond cross-dresser who worked in the area. ➡️🔗https://lnkd.in/dEE2B7dB #IdentifyMe

Ghana🇬🇭 is the first West African Country to have successfully uploaded a travel document from its national West-African Police Information System (WAPIS) to INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database. 🛂 This key milestone was made possible through the integration of INTERPOL’s Web Services for Data Management (WISDM), which enables the secure data exchange between WAPIS and INTERPOL databases. The activation of WISDM in Côte d’Ivoire🇨🇮, Mauritania🇲🇷, and Benin🇧🇯 will follow shortly.

German and Italian police conducted joint raids in both countries against the ‘Ndrangheta mafia. Operation ‘Boreas’ with support from INTERPOL and Eurojust included the search of 40 locations around Stuttgart🇩🇪 and different regions in Italy🇮🇹 and led to the arrest of 29 individuals suspected of organized crime activities. cc Polizia di Stato Polizei Hessen Bundeskriminalamt

What will police work look like in 2100? German and Austrian police asked #AI to visualize policing in the future. Swipe left to discover what the algorithms have come up with… How do you see policing in the future? Leave your comments below. Thank you Polizei Berlin Polizei Hamburg Polizei Sachsen Polizei Wien Polizei Rheinland-Pfalz Polizei Hessen

“One of the main trends we identified was the forgery or counterfeiting of cultural property” - Tiziano Coiro, INTERPOL Coordinator, Works of Art Unit on the recent Expert Group meeting on Stolen Cultural Property which brought together 15 law enforcement experts from 14 member countries.

How to combat financial crime and cyber threats in the virtual asset ecosystem? It’s the new digital battlefield according the participants at the Digital Asset Taskforce Summit of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime (GCFFC) held at INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon. 📽️ Watch Che Sidanius, Michal Gromek, Hedi Navazan, Nick Court and 🔍️Vincent Danjean. 

Do you recognize this woman? On 31 July 2001, witnesses noticed a bundle floating in the River Main in the Nied district of Frankfurt. The bundle was wrapped in a brown leopard print bedspread, tied with 5 cm-wide traditional, braided drawstring belts often found in Pakistan and Afghanistan, known as a “nalas”.  Inside was a terry cloth bed sheet containing the body of a woman believed to be 15 to 16 years old. Her legs were folded against her chest, and her arms were tightly placed against her body. The entire bundle was tied to a parasol stand, likely to serve as a weight to cause it to sink. ➡️🔗https://lnkd.in/du_titrE #IdentifyMe

More than 300 arrests as African countries clamp down on cyber threats The INTERPOL-led operation targeted banking, investment and messaging app scams. Authorities in seven African countries have arrested 306 suspects and seized 1,842 devices in an international operation targeting cyber attacks and cyber-enabled scams. The arrests were made as part of Operation Red Card (November 2024 – February 2025) which aims to disrupt and dismantle cross-border criminal networks which cause significant harm to individuals and businesses. In particular, the operation targeted mobile banking, investment and messaging app scams. The cases uncovered during the operation involved more than 5,000 victims. 🇳🇬 As part of the crackdown, Nigerian police arrested 130 people, including 113 foreign nationals, for their alleged involvement in cyber-enabled scams such as online casino and investment fraud. The suspects, who converted proceeds to digital assets to conceal their tracks, were recruited from different countries to run the illegal schemes in as many languages as possible. Nigerian authorities have established that some of the people working in the scam centres may also be victims of human trafficking, forced or coerced into criminal activities. Overall, the investigation led to the seizure of 26 vehicles, 16 houses, 39 plots of land and 685 devices. 🇿🇦 In a significant case from South Africa, authorities arrested 40 individuals and seized more than 1,000 SIM cards, along with 53 desktops and towers linked to a sophisticated SIM box fraud scheme. This setup, which reroutes international calls as local ones, is commonly used by criminals to carry out large-scale SMS phishing attacks. 🇿🇲 In Zambia, officers apprehended 14 suspected members of a criminal syndicate that hacked into victims’ phones. The scam involved sending a message containing a malicious link which, when clicked, installed malware to the device. This allowed hackers to take control of the messaging account, and ultimately the phone, giving them access to banking apps. The hackers were also able to use the victim’s messaging apps to share the malicious link within conversations and groups, enabling the scam to spread. 🇷🇼 During the operation, Rwandan authorities arrested 45 members of a criminal network for their involvement in social engineering scams that defrauded victims of over USD 305,000 in 2024 alone. Their tactics included posing as telecommunications employees and claiming fake ‘jackpot’ wins to extract sensitive information and gain access to victims’ mobile banking accounts. Another method involved impersonating an injured family member to ask relatives for financial assistance towards hospital bills. Overall, USD 103,043 was recovered and 292 devices were seized.

Do you recognize this woman? In January 2004 a woman’s body was found in a wooded area in Asso, Como🇮🇹. She wore a synthetic burgundy-coloured  jacket, a sleeveless turtleneck top, a long-sleeved beige cotton sweater/cardigan and beige trousers. A green 1994 vintage Swatch watch was also found on her body. ➡️🔗https://lnkd.in/dnscRPTR #IdentifyMe Arma dei Carabinieri Polizia di Stato