INTERPOL Africa sweep arrests 1,462 and recovers over $105 million
Original title: Africa cybercrime crackdown nets 1,462 arrests and over $105 million
Operation Serengeti III, from June 29 to August 31, linked networks to over $385 million in losses and 65,929 victims.
Police in 21 countries arrested 1,462 suspects and took down 10,909 malicious networks during INTERPOL’s Operation Serengeti III. Investigators recovered more than $105 million and tied the networks to fraud, ransomware, business email compromise, online scams, and digital extortion. Twenty participating countries were African and the 21st was the United States. Cases included fraud rings in Uganda, illegal crypto-mining sites in Angola, and phishing and investment-fraud arrests in Nigeria.
- Uganda arrested 365 foreign nationals from two fraud rings targeting pensioners in Asia.
- Angola seized more than 2,000 mining devices and power equipment worth over $1 million.
- A Nigerian suspect collected roughly 2.1 million email addresses; another case traced over $2.4 million.
- Group-IB, Kaspersky, Fortinet, Team Cymru, and Meta helped identify targets.
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Police in 21 countries arrested 1,462 suspects and took down 10,909 malicious networks in Operation Serengeti III, an INTERPOL-coordinated cybercrime sweep across Africa that ran from June 29 to August 31, 2026. Investigators recovered more than $105 million in illicit funds.
By Anamarija Pogorelec · helpnetsecurity.com
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