RCMP-led cybercrime crackdown disrupts 10,987 fraud enablers in Canada
Canadian authorities and private-sector partners carry out a coordinated cybercrime and fraud disruption campaign from November 2 to 6, targeting infrastructure used to support scams and online offences. The operation, Maple Disruption 2.0, brings together more than 50 organizations and leads to recovered funds of $1,063,809 alongside action on thousands of fraud reports.
Highlights
- Maple Disruption 2.0, led by the RCMP’s National Cybercrime Coordination Centre, took 10,987 actions to disrupt fraud enablers in Canada.
- Authorities received 4,264 fraud reports during the week-long campaign and recovered $1,063,809 tied to fraudulent activities.
- The operation demonstrates expanded cross-industry cooperation targeting email, phone, payment, and crypto channels to pre-emptively disrupt cybercrime infrastructure.
National operation targets scam infrastructure
As reported by Royal Canadian Mounted Police, citing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Maple Disruption 2.0 is organized by the RCMP’s National Cybercrime Coordination Centre and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre to identify and disable tools used to commit cybercrime and fraud.During the week-long operation, partners take 10,987 disruptive actions against fraud enablers. Those measures include disabling email accounts tied to fraudulent activity, blocking phone numbers used to facilitate fraud, removing or blocking fraudulent websites and URLs, flagging or cancelling suspicious transactions, and blocklisting cryptocurrency addresses linked to fraud.
Recovery efforts and wider sector impact
Authorities receive and act on 4,264 reports of fraudulent activity during the operation, with $1,063,809 recovered. The campaign is designed to cut off criminal systems before they cause further losses to individuals and communities.The RCMP says the joint effort across multiple sectors helps assemble the authorities needed to trace illegal activity and take harmful systems offline. The scale of coordination highlights the growing role of cross-industry cooperation in disrupting fraud networks that operate across digital communications, payments, and crypto channels.
As noted in our earlier article, cybersecurity startup funding climbed in Q3 as larger late-stage rounds lifted total investment despite fewer deals.
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