DUBAI: The UAE’s Dubai police force said Wednesday it had arrested more than 200 members of a transnational fraud network who were mostly from Southeast Asia, in a joint operation with the FBI and Chinese police.

“Dubai Police have carried out a coordinated global operation... in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Chinese Police, leading to the arrest of 276 members,” it said in a post on X.

The suspects were part of a “transnational fraud network,” it said, adding the operation targeted “three criminal syndicates and dismantled nine fraud centers” involved in investment scams and virtual currency fraud.