INTERPOL says a joint crackdown on cybercrime across Africa has led to 1,462 arrests and disrupted 10,909 malicious networks. Operation Serengeti III ran from 29 June to 31 August 2026, with law enforcement from 20 African countries and the United States, plus private-sector cybersecurity partners including Kaspersky. The operation recovered more than US$105 million in illicit funds and linked targeted criminal activity to estimated losses of about US$385 million. Investigators identified nearly 66,000 victims, INTERPOL said. The operation targeted business email compromise, ransomware, online investment scams and digital extortion, and it focused on infrastructure used to facilitate cybercrime. Financial investigations helped connect activity to the losses figures. Technical intelligence from Kaspersky’s Threat Research team supported law enforcement efforts against botnets, denial-of-service infrastructure, phishing URLs and malware targeting African organisations and users. The participating countries were Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, with the United States also taking part. The arrests and network disruptions are the latest results from Operation Serengeti III, with international cooperation described by INTERPOL as continuing to target cross-border cybercrime networks.