DUBAI (ALETIHAD)

In a high-impact international crackdown on transnational organised financial crime, Dubai Police, under the umbrella of the UAE Ministry of Interior, have carried out a coordinated global operation, codenamed "Tri-Force Sentinel", in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Chinese Police.

The operation resulted in the arrest of 276 members of a transnational fraud network. The suspects are mainly from Southeast Asian countries.

The operation delivered a decisive strike against three criminal syndicates, and dismantled nine fraud centres behind high-yield investment scams (HYIS), "pig butchering" schemes, and virtual currency fraud.

Dubai Police spearheaded the coordinated efforts that dismantled key components of the network in a single phase, and led to the arrest of a key leader of one of the syndicates in Thailand, in coordination with the Royal Thai Police.