{"id":60338,"date":"2026-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:321b9a6d-923e-1767-a66b-0675e7b04892"},"modified":"2026-03-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:00:00","slug":"trendai-supports-global-law-enforcement-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/trendai-supports-global-law-enforcement-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"TrendAI\u2122 Supports Global Law Enforcement Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Serious fraud and cybercrime know no boundaries \u2014 jurisdictional or otherwise. Criminal gangs operate with impunity across borders, often leaving behind in their wake a trail of devastation. But they don\u2019t always get their own way. In fact, with the help of our global law enforcement partners, we\u2019re able to peer into their murky world with more clarity than ever today. And show the gangs that there are real consequences to their actions.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we\u2019re delighted to share in the success of another INTERPOL operation<\/a>, which this time led to the takedown of over 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers.<\/p>\n

Why Operation Synergia III matters<\/span><\/h2>\n

Cyber is often viewed as a victimless crime. Tell that to the parents who have lost their children to suicide following sextortion attacks<\/a>. Or the lonely hearts who lose their life savings to romance scammers<\/a>. Businesses also bear the brunt of these schemes \u2013 from the banks that spend a growing sum of money on reimbursing defrauded customers, to the companies scammed by business email compromise (BEC).<\/p>\n

The scale of these criminal endeavors is breathtaking. According to the FBI<\/a>, romance scams cost victims $672m in 2024, the latest year for which data is available. BEC cost made cybercriminals $2.8bn, while investment scams racked up staggering profits of $6.6bn for fraud rings.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why, when agencies INTERPOL ask for our help, we\u2019ll do everything we can to support them.<\/p>\n

How TrendAITM<\/sup> helped<\/span><\/h2>\n

The scope of this operation shows what we\u2019re up against. From fake casino phishing websites in China, to sextortion and romance scammers in Tongo, and loan\/job fraud in Bangladesh \u2014 this is a truly global \u2018industry.\u2019 The sheer scale of these operations, and the distributed, obfuscated infrastructure on which they run, makes accurate threat intelligence critical.<\/p>\n

This is where TrendAITM <\/sup>comes in. Our global team of threat researchers and unrivalled technical insight help us to shine a light on the shadows. Decades of experience and precise domain knowledge enabled us to identify key infrastructure \u2014 such as the servers that host phishing pages and deliver malware \u2014 and tie it back to real people and criminal networks. That meant hours of hunting through domains, IP addresses, WHOis records and ISP lists \u2014 and reaching out to industry partners.<\/p>\n

As TrendAITM<\/sup> Director for Cybercrime Research, Robert McArdle explains: \u201cArrests like these are the result of months of investigative work mapping the infrastructure, tools and networks that cybercriminal groups rely on to operate. By analyzing malicious servers, phishing infrastructure and command systems, our threat researchers help law enforcement connect digital evidence to the individuals behind the activity.\u201d  <\/p>\n

As impressive as that sounds though, this intelligence is nothing without good, old-fashioned police work. This is where INTERPOL comes in. Coordinating forces across 72 countries and territories, as well as private sector partners such as ourselves, it turned our actionable leads into outstanding results:<\/p>\n