Interpol Serengeti 2.0 crackdown nets 1,209 arrests in Africa

A sweeping, INTERPOL-led crackdown in Africa has netted 1,209 arrests and disrupted thousands of cybercrime operations, with authorities recovering about 97.4 million and dismantling 11,432 malicious infrastructures linked to attacks that affected nearly 88,000 victims worldwide. Operated between June and August 2025, Serengeti 2.0 brought together investigators from 18 African countries and the United Kingdom to confront high-harm crimes such as ransomware, online scams and business email compromise, supported by private-sector partners and funding from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

The operation marked another milestone in a growing, multinational effort to fuse law enforcement with private-sector intelligence sharing. Investigators leveraged threat intel from cyber security firms and nonprofit groups to identify suspicious IPs, domains and command-and-control servers, enabling proactive disruption of criminal networks. Interpol’s leadership described Serengeti 2.0 as part of a continuum of coordinated actions that deepen cross-border cooperation, raise investigative capability and extend the scale of impact with each event.