Major interpol sting nets 1,200 suspects, recovers $100 million in Africa-wide cybercrime Crackdown

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Major interpol sting nets 1,200 suspects, recovers $100 million in Africa-wide cybercrime Crackdown  In a sweeping blow against the rapidly expanding cybercrime ecosystem in Africa, an international police operation has led to the arrest of over 1,200 individuals and the recovery of approximately $100 million, Interpol announced on Friday.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/22/major-interpol-sting-nets-1200-suspects-recovers-100-million-in-africa-wide-cybercrime-cra  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00A massive international police operation targeting cybercrime across Africa has led to more than 1,200 arrests.

00:08Interpol reports three-month operation, codenamed Serengeti 2.0, also recovered approximately $100 million.

00:16The operation involved the United Kingdom and 18 African nations, running from June through August.

00:23It uncovered 88,000 victims of online fraud and cryptocurrency scams.

00:29Authorities in Angola shut down 25 illegal crypto mining firms, seizing $37 million in equipment.

00:38In ivory cost, police dismantled a transnational inheritance scam,

00:42while Zambia investigators identified a single investment scam that defrauded 65,000 people of an estimated $300 million.

00:51Interpol says reports of online fraud have sired by 3,000%,

00:57with cybercrime now making up over 30% of all reported crimes in West and East Africa.

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