INTERPOL has coordinated a cybercrime operation that led to the arrest of 1,462 suspects across 21 countries, with investigators also disrupting thousands of malicious networks and recovering more than $105 million in illicit funds. Operation Serengeti III ran from June 29 to August 31, 2026. It targeted cyber-enabled fraud, ransomware, business email compromise, online scams and digital extortion. Investigators said they identified 65,929 victims targeted by cybercriminal networks. Financial investigations linked criminal activities to losses exceeding $385 million. Before the operation began, law enforcement teams in 20 African countries and the United States received intelligence on suspicious domains, IP addresses and command-and-control infrastructure. Private-sector partners provided technical analysis and operational expertise to help map criminal networks and support investigations. INTERPOL said arrests and disruptions followed investigations into multiple schemes. In Uganda, authorities dismantled two transnational fraud rings and arrested 365 foreign nationals suspected of involvement in online investment and pension fraud schemes, including a rotating call-centre operation using scripted communications, fake trading platforms and fraudulent websites. In Angola, authorities dismantled two illegal cryptocurrency mining centres, arrested nine suspects and seized more than 2,000 cryptocurrency mining devices, along with six illegal power transformation stations valued at more than $1 million. In Nigeria, authorities arrested a suspect linked to a phishing and business email compromise operation that harvested software credentials and collected about 2.1 million email addresses. Investigators also recovered a luxury vehicle suspected of being purchased with criminal proceeds. In a separate Nigerian investigation, investigators arrested a suspect tied to an international investment fraud scheme promoted through messaging applications, with financial investigations tracing more than $2.4 million in suspected criminal proceeds, some allegedly laundered through cryptocurrency transactions. Elsewhere, investigators dismantled a malicious mobile loan application scheme in Tanzania, disrupted a social media-based vehicle import fraud network in Gabon and arrested 30 suspects linked to a cybercrime operation in the Republic of Congo. INTERPOL said several investigations arising from Operation Serengeti III remain active as authorities continue to identify potential suspects, trace illicit proceeds and analyze digital evidence seized during the operation.