As Interpol has reported on its website and social networks, a total of 201 people have been arrested and another 382 suspects identified with crimes related to cybercrime. The operation, coordinated by Interpol and with the collaboration of the Ministry of the Interior of Qatar, has been partially financed by the European Union and the Council of Europe within the framework of the CyberSouth+ project.
13 countries involved
Operation Ramz, which took place between October 2025 and the end of February 2026, has been carried out in 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, where 3,867 victims were located. Its objective, in addition to capturing the people involved, was to dismantle criminal infrastructure and prevent future losses, Interpol explained this Monday in a statement.
Investigators from the 13 countries involved (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates) have seized 53 servers.
Throughout the development of Ramz, the countries involved exchanged 8,000 pieces of data and information, which the international police agency considered “crucial” to begin and support investigations.
Interpol’s cybercrime director, Jean Jetton, highlighted that Ramz “demonstrates the effectiveness of local collaboration”, adding that his organization is committed to working with its member countries and private sector partners “to dismantle malicious infrastructure, dismantle criminal groups and bring those responsible to justice.”
