UK Govt and INTERPOL launch Operation Shadow Storm at the Global Fraud Summit, a first-of-its-kind global taskforce uniting 190+ countries, banks, and tech firms to disrupt overseas scam and fraud networks

Announced at the Global Fraud Summit in Vienna in March 2026, the taskforce will coordinate international law-enforcement action, intelligence-sharing and operational efforts to identify and dismantle scam operations based overseas, which account for a large proportion of fraud affecting the UK. The initiative reflects the government’s wider strategy to tackle fraud as a predominantly international, online and organised crime threat, strengthening collaboration with partners such as INTERPOL and foreign governments to pursue offenders beyond UK jurisdiction and protect victims…