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As negotiations over Iran’s war stall, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi—a hardline IRGC commander sanctioned by the US and wanted by Interpol—has emerged as a key behind-the-scenes player shaping Tehran’s next moves, signaling little appetite for compromise and complicating prospects for a deal with Washington while regional tensions and oil chokepoints mount.
A journalist alleges Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews is a con artist and an “international mastermind criminal,” citing alleged WhatsApp messages about debt, reports of an Interpol search, and other sensational claims — including Dubai‑related kidnapping stories and questions about a $36 million property that Moodie says is rented. The piece frames these as unverified allegations amid ongoing scrutiny of the couple, who wed in Dubai earlier this year.
Erika Maria Herrera, 63, the mother-in-law of murdered beauty queen Carolina Flores, was arrested in Venezuela after fleeing Mexico. Interpol had issued a red notice and authorities say she is the probable perpetrator in Flores’s April 15 execution-style killing in Mexico City. Flores’s husband is under investigation for allegedly not reporting her death promptly, and extradition to Mexico is expected.
INTERPOL's Operation Sentinel led to the arrest of 574 suspects across 19 African countries, recovering $3 million and dismantling cybercrime networks involved in BEC, digital extortion, and ransomware, with estimated losses over $21 million. Additionally, a Ukrainian national pleaded guilty in the U.S. for Nefilim ransomware activities, highlighting ongoing international cybercrime efforts.
Brazilian police, supported by Interpol, dismantled 277 illegal gold mining dredges along the Madeira River, causing a significant blow to organized crime and environmental damage in the Amazon, as part of a broader regional crackdown on environmental crimes.
The Louvre Museum heist involved the theft of valuable jewels, with two suspects arrested and over 100 investigators working discreetly to solve the case, recover the stolen items, and bring the culprits to justice, amid strict French privacy laws and international cooperation efforts.
Interpol has identified the woman known as 'The Woman with the German keys,' whose body was found in a Dutch nature reserve in 2004, as German citizen Eva Maria Pommer, thanks to international cooperation and DNA analysis, solving a case that remained unresolved for over two decades.
Interpol has successfully identified the woman in pink found dead in Spain 20 years ago as Liudmila Zavada, a Russian national, through its 'Identify Me' campaign, which uses biometric data and international cooperation to solve cold cases involving women in Europe.
After 20 years, the woman known as 'the woman in pink' in a Spanish cold case has been identified as Liudmila Zavada through international cooperation and DNA analysis, providing new hope for her family and advancing efforts to solve similar cases involving missing women affected by gender-based violence.
A Nazi-looted Baroque portrait by Giuseppe Ghislandi, once owned by Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, appeared in an Argentine real estate listing but then disappeared, prompting police and Interpol investigations, with the painting's whereabouts still unknown.
Interpol led a major crackdown in Africa, arresting over 1,200 suspects, dismantling numerous cybercrime operations, and recovering nearly $97 million, highlighting the growing threat of cybercrime in the region.
INTERPOL led a major crackdown across 18 African nations, arresting 1,209 cybercriminals involved in various online crimes, recovering nearly $97.4 million, and dismantling thousands of malicious infrastructures, highlighting the importance of international cooperation in combating cybercrime.
Six men in New Delhi were arrested for running a fake international police bureau, extorting money from victims by pretending to be police officials and claiming international affiliations, using forged documents and fake logos. The operation lasted over two weeks and involved the use of a rented office decorated with police-like symbols. This incident follows a recent case of a fake embassy scam near New Delhi.
Colombian authorities arrested Giuseppe Palermo, an alleged leader of the Italian 'ndrangheta mafia, in Bogotá. He is accused of overseeing cocaine shipments and managing trafficking routes to Europe, highlighting the international reach of the mafia and the ongoing drug trade expansion. The operation involved Colombian, Italian, British authorities, and Europol.
Colombian authorities arrested Giuseppe Palermo, an alleged leader of the Italian Ndrangheta mafia involved in overseeing cocaine shipments and trafficking routes to Europe, in a coordinated operation with international law enforcement agencies, highlighting the ongoing global drug trade and mafia influence.