In Nigeria, a suspect was arrested in connection with a large fraud and business email compromise operation that collected login details for software and about 2.1 million email addresses.
The case was part of INTERPOL’s Operation Serengeti III, conducted with authorities in 21 countries from 29 June to 31 August 2026.
INTERPOL says the wider operation disrupted 10,909 criminal networks.
The operation, called Operation Serengeti III, took place from June 29 to August 31, 2026, with the participation of authorities from 21 countries: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, the United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
According to INTERPOL, the operation led to the recovery of more than $105 million in illicit activities. Separate financial investigations linked criminal activities to losses of more than $385 million.
In Uganda, 365 foreigners were arrested in connection with two international investment and pension fraud rings. The rings targeted people in Asian countries. In Angola, authorities shut down two illegal centers where computers were used to mine cryptocurrency. They arrested nine suspects and seized 2.000 mining devices, as well as six illegal power conversion facilities, worth more than $1 million.
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A suspect has been arrested in Nigeria in connection with a major fraud operation involving the hacking of corporate emails. The operation collected program login credentials and approximately 2,1 million email addresses. In a separate case, another suspect was arrested in connection with an international investment scam advertised through messaging apps. The scam generated more than $2,4 million in suspicious activity, much of which was through cryptocurrency transactions. In the Republic of Congo, 30 suspects linked to criminal activities on the internet were arrested.
Group-IB provided INTERPOL with information about fraud tools, networks of devices infected with dangerous programs, and other digital infrastructure located in Africa or used in attacks in the region.
Operation Serengeti III followed two previous operations: one in September and October 2024 and another from June to August 2025. These two operations led to more than 2.000 arrests.
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