Interpol

Enforcement

Interpol Convenes Asian Nations to Forge Anti-Scam Centre Strategy

By Manesh Samtani | 22/12/2025

A five-day meeting brought together Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines to learn from regional experts and develop national strategies against fraud.

AML / KYC

Myanmar Sets Up Supervisory Committee to Tackle Online Fraud

By Nithya Subramanian | 16/12/2025

Authorities reveal over 70,000 foreigners have been repatriated and call for swifter international cooperation to tackle border-based fraud networks.

Enforcement

Singapore Charges Company Founder for Cheating Digital Finance Firm

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/12/2025

The Singaporean businessman was deported from China and charged in court with cheating Funding Societies of SGD 8 million.

Crypto / Digital Assets

INTERPOL Targets Illicit Finance, Scam Centres in New Global Strategy

By Manesh Samtani | 01/12/2025

Global police body unanimously approves five-year plan with new tools to trace criminal assets and disrupt human trafficking-fuelled fraud.

Crypto / Digital Assets

The Great Bitcoin Freeze: How the DOJ Snatched $15bn from a Cambodian Crypto Empire

By Nathan Lynch | 19/11/2025

Amid the excitement about the DOJ's record $15bn bitcoin seizure from Prince Group one question still remains unanswered: how did US authorities obtain assets held in cryptographically secure cold storage wallets?

Enforcement

Mekong Nations Target Cyber Fraud with New SIM Rules, Mule Account Database

By Manesh Samtani | 18/11/2025

The agreement includes identity-verified SIM registration and a shared database of mule accounts to combat rampant cross-border financial crime.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Hong Kong Issues Global Alerts for JPEX Crypto Fraud Suspects

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/11/2025

Authorities prosecute 16 individuals and seek three alleged masterminds in the HKD1.6 billion virtual asset platform collapse.

AML / KYC

UK Seizes Assets from Fugitives in Singapore’s Billion-dollar ML Case

By Nithya Subramanian | 11/11/2025

UK authorities seized assets including three Jurassic-era dinosaur skeletons and nine luxury London apartments.

Enforcement

Hong Kong Charges 16 in HK$1.6b JPEX Crypto Fraud Case

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/11/2025

Charges include conspiracy to defraud and the first use of a new law against the reckless inducement of virtual asset investments.