Interpol coordinated a major cybercrime crackdown called Operation Serengeti 2.0 between June and August, involving investigators from 18 African countries and the United Kingdom. The operation led to 1,209 arrests and the recovery of nearly $97.4 million. Authorities targeted inheritance scams, ransomware, business email compromise and other harmful cybercrimes that affected nearly 88,000 victims. In Angola, 25 cryptocurrency mining centers were dismantled and equipment worth over $37 million confiscated for planned use supporting power distribution. In Zambia, investigators dismantled an online investment scheme that defrauded more than 65,000 victims of an estimated $300 million.
A major cybercrime crackdown coordinated by Interpol has led to the arrest of 1,209 suspects across Africa and the recovery of nearly $97.4 million, the organization announced Friday. Dubbed Operation Serengeti 2.0, the operation took place between June and August. It brought together investigators from 18 African countries and the United Kingdom to fight harmful cybercrimes including inheritance scams, ransomware and business email compromise. Altogether, the scams targeted nearly 88,000 victims, the international police organization said in a statement.
From cryptocurrency mining to online scams Interpol said that authorities in Angola dismantled 25 cryptocurrency mining centers where 60 Chinese nationals had been mining cryptocurrency. The operation resulted in the confiscation of equipment worth over $37 million; the government now plans to use the equipment to support power distribution in vulnerable areas. In Zambia, the operation dismantled an online investment scheme that defrauded more than 65,000 victims of an estimated $300 million through a fraudulent high-return cryptocurrency
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