African regulation enforcement has arrested greater than 1,200 suspects as a part of Operation Serengeti 2.0, an interpolated worldwide crackdown focusing on cross-border cybercrime gangs.
Between June and August 2025, regulation enforcement brokers seized $97.4 million and dismantled 11,432 malicious infrastructure associated to the assault focusing on 87,858 casualties worldwide.
“In a widespread coordinated operation, authorities throughout Africa have arrested 1,209 cybercriminals, focusing on almost 88,000 casualties,” Interpol stated Friday.
“Operation Serengeti 2.0 (June to August 2025) introduced collectively investigators from 18 African international locations and the UK to sort out laborious and impactful cybercrimes comparable to ransomware, on-line scams and enterprise electronic mail compromises (BEC).”
The operation was carried out below the framework of African joint operations in opposition to cybercrime funded by the UK’s International, Federal and Improvement Authorities.
The joint motion additionally utilized knowledge from non-public sector companions, together with Cybercrime Atlas, Fortinet, Group-IB, Kaspersky, The Shadowserver Basis, Group Cymru, Development Micro, TRM Labs, and Uppsala Safety.
That is the most recent operation to focus on cybercrime rings throughout Africa in recent times, with many different multi-million greenback operations being dismantled or confused after earlier joint actions.
Just lately, between November 2024 and February 2025, 306 cybercriminals had been arrested as a part of the “Operation Purple Card,” which was linked to an assault that affected greater than 5,000 victims all over the world.
Between September and October 2024, one other regulation enforcement lawsuit known as “Operation Serengeti,” which additionally coordinated by Interpol, led to the arrest of 1,006 suspects who had been thought-about a part of the cybercrime gang behind ransomware, digital terror, enterprise electronic mail compromise (BEC), and on-line fraud.
As a part of Operation Africa Cybersurge II, which started in April 2023, police brokers from 25 African international locations arrested 14 suspects associated to worry, phishing, BEC and on-line fraud, and had been chargeable for greater than $40 million in losses.
“Every collaborative operation is deepening cooperation, deepening cooperation, rising data sharing and growing investigative abilities throughout member international locations,” stated Valdecy Urquiza, govt director of InterPoL on Friday.
“With extra contributions and shared experience, outcomes are rising in scale and impression. This international community is stronger than ever, offering actual outcomes and defending victims.”
