🚨🌍 INTERPOL carried out Operation Ramz, the first cyber operation in the MENA region with 201 arrests, 382 additional suspects identified, 3,867 victims, and 53 servers seized across 13 countries.
The operation ran from October 2025 to February 28, 2026, and targeted phishing, malware, and cyber scam infrastructure. Around 8,000 pieces of data and intelligence were shared between participating countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia, and UAE.
Jordanese Police pinpointed a computer running fraudulent "trading platform" scams. A raid found 15 people running the scams, but investigators determined they were victims of human trafficking, recruited under false employment promises from Asia, passports confiscated on arrival, and forced into the scheme. Two suspects orchestrating the operation were arrested.
Other notable hits:
- Algeria dismantled a phishing-as-a-service operation, with one arrest and a server, computer, phone, and hard drives seized
- Morocco seized devices containing banking data and phishing tools, with three individuals in judicial proceedings
- Qatar identified compromised devices whose owners were themselves cyberattack victims unknowingly spreading malware
- Oman disabled a private-residence server holding sensitive information that had been infected with malware
Private-sector partners included Group-IB, Kaspersky, Shadowserver Foundation, Team Cymru, and TrendAI.