Law enforcement agencies from 20 African countries and the United States arrested 1,462 suspects in Operation Serengeti III, Interpol announced on Oct. 22, 2026. The cybercrime operation ran from June 29 through Aug. 31. Investigators reported recovering more than $105 million and disrupting 10,909 malicious networks, while financial inquiries linked the cases to losses exceeding $385 million and recorded 65,929 victims. Several investigations remain active.
In one Nigerian case, investigators traced more than $2.4 million in suspected proceeds from an investment fraud scheme, arrested one suspect and found that much of the money had been laundered through cryptocurrency transactions. In Angola, authorities arrested nine suspects and seized more than 2,000 devices at two illegal cryptocurrency mining centers.
