126 Terr0rism Suspects Identified In INTERPOL AI-Powered Operation
126 Terrorism Suspects Identified In INTERPOL AI-Powered Operation
INTERPOL says 126 suspected foreign terrorist fighters have been identified through an online operation targeting terrorist networks and their propaganda.
The operation, codenamed Operation Shams, involved specialised officers and experts from 11 countries who analysed visual content published online by jihadist groups.
According to INTERPOL, the team extracted 108,076 facial images from the material before using AI agents and advanced scripts to collect information and reduce the dataset to 6,362 unique facial images for processing through INTERPOL’s Facial Recognition System.
INTERPOL said all AI-generated results were reviewed and verified by trained officers and analysts in line with its Rules on the Processing of Data.
“Intelligence gathered on the Foreign Terrorist Fighters identified so far has been added to INTERPOL’s global databases to enrich existing suspect profiles and disrupt terrorist movements.”
The international police organisation said the operation demonstrates how artificial intelligence can assist investigators in processing large volumes of online material while maintaining human verification and established data-processing safeguards.
