INTERPOL says its Operation Serengeti III, a coordinated law-enforcement action across Africa, results in 1,462 arrests and the disruption of 10,909 malicious cybercrime networks. The operation ran from June 29 to August 31, 2026, and investigators report recovering more than $105 million in illicit funds.
Across outlets, the crackdown targets cybercrime activity including business email compromise, ransomware, online scams and related forms of digital fraud. Some coverage also emphasizes the multinational nature of the effort, describing participation by law enforcement agencies in 21 countries, with most of those countries being in Africa.
While the core numbers and the operation’s broad scope are consistent, the reports differ in how much additional detail they include. Help Net Security adds figures on alleged financial losses, the number of identified victims, and the breakdown of participating countries, while other outlets focus more narrowly on arrests, seized funds and network disruption.
