国际刑警组织行动阻止非法加密货币转移并导致 5,811 人被捕

INTERPOL-led operation has resulted in 5,811 arrests, blocked more than 31,000 bank accounts, and intercepted $293 million in illicit assets across 97 countries and territories during a global crackdown on fraud and crypto-linked money laundering.

摘要

• 国际刑警组织的全球反欺诈行动在 97 个国家和地区逮捕了 5,811 人，并截获了 2.93 亿美元的非法资产。
• 泰国当局发现了一个加密货币洗钱网络，据称该网络通过跨链代币交换转移浪漫诈骗收益，其中一个钱包处理的金额超过 1.225 亿美元。
• The operation identified more than 142,000 victims and used rapid payment blocking tools to freeze suspicious fiat and cryptocurrency transfers.

According to an INTERPOL statement published on Thursday, Operation First Light ran between Jan. 15 and April 30, 2026, targeting social engineering scams including business email compromise, romance scams, sextortion, impersonation, investment fraud and the money laundering networks that supported them.

Authorities identified more than 142,000 victims during the operation, solved 23,715 cases, identified 15,606 suspects, and issued 99 notices and diffusions.该行动还依赖于国际刑警组织的全球快速支付干预（I-GRIP）机制，该机制使调查人员能够快速冻结可疑的法定货币和加密货币转移。

Tomonobu Kaya, director of the INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre, warned that criminal syndicates continue to exploit human psychology to deceive victims and said coordinated international action remains necessary to combat cyber-enabled financial crime and the laundering networks behind it.

加密货币洗钱网络被发现

Among the cases highlighted by INTERPOL, Thai police arrested two suspects after uncovering a cryptocurrency laundering operation that allegedly moved proceeds from romance scams through multiple digital assets using cross-chain token swaps to hide the origin of funds.

当局表示，一名 20 岁嫌疑人的加密钱包在 10 个月内处理了超过 1.225 亿美元。

Elsewhere, law enforcement in Singapore and Oman blocked a $6.6 million transfer linked to a business email compromise scheme, while police in Macao stopped a victim from sending nearly $372,000 to scammers posing as public officials.

In Eswatini, police arrested 82 people after dismantling an online gambling, money laundering, and impersonation network that allegedly operated from a fake Brazilian police station, convincing victims to transfer money for “safekeeping” before stealing the funds. Authorities in Palau also deported 22 people accused of running hotel-based scam centres that used cryptocurrency and illegal gambling websites to target overseas victims.

最新的行动是针对加密货币洗钱网络的一系列国际行动的补充。 In June, U.S. prosecutors charged two alleged operators of the AudiA6 crypto laundering service, accusing them of processing more than $389 million in transactions and receiving over 10,000 Bitcoin since 2021 while allegedly helping customers conceal the origin of criminal proceeds. Investigators from multiple countries also seized servers, froze crypto assets, and replaced the group’s online infrastructure with seizure notices.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned a network accused of helping North Korea move proceeds from overseas IT worker schemes through cryptocurrency. According to the Treasury, facilitators converted digital assets into cash or used crypto transactions to disguise the source of funds before sending them to accounts linked to the North Korean regime.