INTERPOL's Operation Ramz resulted in 201 arrests and the seizure of 53 servers used for phishing, malware distribution, and online fraud across 13 Middle East and North Africa countries. Authorities identified 382 additional suspects and confirmed at least 3,867 victims from intelligence gathered during the operation. Key actions included dismantling a phishing-as-a-service platform in Algeria, breaking up a forced-labor investment scam in Jordan, and disabling malware-infected servers in Oman and Qatar. Private cybersecurity firms including Kaspersky, Group-IB, and Shadowserver Foundation assisted in tracking the malicious infrastructure. This marks INTERPOL's third major cybercrime crackdown of 2026, following Operation Synergia III and Operation Red Card 2.0.
