Project Medusa
Project Medusa is an international law enforcement operation, launched in April 2026 by the United Kingdom and Germany, that targeted on-line networks which aided, abetted, and arranged drug-facilitated sexual assaults (DFSA). Canada's RCMP claimed that "156 victims and perpetrators" were identified, as well as four heretofore unknown DFSA crime networks, and 274 new leads developed. Germany (the federal (BKA and the Hamburg LKA) and the United Kingdom (National Crime Agency) took the lead in the operation, with participation from Brazil (Polícia Federal), Canada (RCMP),[1] France (Police Nationale), Hungary, the Netherlands (Politie), Spain (Policía Nacional and Guardia Civil), and the United States (FBI).[2] Europol, the criminal intelligence hub of the European Union, provided open-source intelligence OSINT and other assistance.
Europol claimed that internationally 57 arrests have been made and 158 victims safeguarded, and a total of 113 investigations have been started since the launch of Project Medusa.[2] The crimes often took place in domestic settings between intimate partners (as in the preceding Gisèle Pelicot case).[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Niari, Archie (July 19, 2026). "CTV News exclusive: 41 Canadian-linked assault victims, suspects identified in Project Medusa, RCMP says". CTVNews.
- 1 2 "156 individuals identified in first-of-its-kind drug-facilitated sexual assaults operation – International cooperation between investigators led to 274 new investigative leads". Europol.
- ↑ "Operation Medusa: transnational sexual abuse network dismantled". La Voz de la Nación. July 5, 2026.
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