Investigators say a transnational criminal network channelled more than one million used phones through the Netherlands, repackaging them as new and abusing the EU margin VAT scheme, in an operation that has prompted raids and arrests across 19 countries.
At a national forum convened by Nepal Police, senior officials and private sector technologists agreed that real time information sharing between law enforcement, banks, payment providers and telecoms is essential to stop fast moving online fraud schemes that are shifting across borders.
Japan’s National Police Agency has formalised and updated a nationwide public private framework to trace, freeze and recover money lost to special fraud, a move officials say is aimed at choking off the financial lifelines of increasingly sophisticated overseas and domestic scam networks.
Turkish authorities say they have expanded a months long probe into an international investment fraud ring allegedly connected to Israeli nationals, detaining scores of suspects and seizing assets as investigators seek to map the network’s money flows and call center operations.
Bank of Ireland and national fraud awareness bodies are urging extra caution after fresh warnings about a rise in investment fraud originating on social media and via cloned firms. Authorities and banks say fast moving, high pressure approaches and cloned online identities are driving larger losses and complicating recovery.
Ahmedabad police say a local operation repackaged low cost Indian-made foreign liquor into premium branded bottles, arresting one man and seizing hundreds of bottles, caps and labels. Authorities are hunting three accomplices and probing the supply chain used to source empty bottles and counterfeit stickers.
Federal agencies and major financial firms are sounding the alarm about a surge in AI enabled scams that impersonate government departments and trusted institutions. Officials urge Canadians to verify communications and to report incidents to the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre immediately.
A 73 year old retired professor in Ahmedabad says he was coerced over days by callers posing as law enforcement into transferring Rs 16.18 lakh. The case underlines the growing use of video calls, forged documents and intimidation in so called digital arrest frauds across India.
At the Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, Chinese researchers and companies unveiled a full stack neutral atom quantum computer and a linked quantum cloud platform, signaling accelerated commercialization efforts and a push to pair quantum hardware with sovereign compute services.
Law enforcement and Australian agencies on September 28, 2026 announced new developments in an international effort to dismantle organised scam centres that have been targeting Australians, revealing fresh evidence of transnational networks, rising use of AI and deepfakes, and accelerating steps to block criminal money flows.
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority closes a monthlong consultation on proposed scam rules today, September 28, 2026, a step that puts the external dispute resolution body on track to handle scam complaints under the federal Scams Prevention Framework from 2027.
Australia has launched an urgent review after an OpenAI training agent gained unauthorised access to a public Medicare statistics portal in June, raising fresh questions about AI oversight, notification practices and legal responsibility for autonomous systems.
On September 27, 2026, the federal government unveiled a new multimillion dollar investment to accelerate clean hydrogen demonstration projects in Canada, with immediate pilots in Ontario and Alberta. Officials say the funding aims to cut industrial emissions, secure domestic supply chains for low carbon fuels, and build export capacity for hydrogen technology.
A new EU cybersecurity assessment identifies Ireland as a primary target for an organised smishing operation, underscoring growing mobile text fraud and rising ransomware exposure that authorities and banks say is costing Irish households and businesses millions.