Dubai Police have led a global operation with the US FBI and police in China, resulting in the arrest of 276 suspects in organised financial crime.
The co-ordinated campaign, called Tri-Force Sentinel, “delivered a decisive strike against three criminal syndicates”, Dubai Media Office reported on Wednesday. Most of the suspects are citizens of Southeast Asian countries, it added.
“The operation delivered a decisive strike against three criminal syndicates and dismantled nine fraud centres behind high-yield investment scams, pig butchering schemes and virtual currency fraud,” the media office said.
“Dubai Police spearheaded the co-ordinated 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 co-ordination with the Royal Thai Police.”
Pig butchering schemes involve building trust with victims over a long period of time – “fattening them up” – before convincing them to hand over their money.
