Interpol Operation Serengeti III nets 1,462 arrests, recovers $105M

What happened?

1. Interpol reported 1,462 arrests and the disruption of 10,909 malicious networks in Operation Serengeti III, conducted 29 June to 31 August 2026 by agencies from 21 countries.
2. Authorities recovered more than USD 105 million in illicit funds, identified 65,929 victims, and financial investigations linked the activity to losses exceeding USD 385 million, according to Interpol.
3. Interpol said investigators in Angola dismantled two cryptocurrency mining centres alleged to be illegal, arrested nine suspects, and seized more than 2,000 mining devices and six power transformation stations alleged to be illegal, valued at over $1 million in electrical equipment alone.
4. Interpol said one suspect was arrested in Nigeria over an alleged investment fraud scheme run through messaging apps, with more than $2.4 million in suspected proceeds traced and much of it alleged to have been laundered through crypto transactions.
5. A separate Nigerian arrest concerned an alleged phishing and business email compromise operation that amassed roughly 2.1 million email addresses, BleepingComputer and Decrypt reported.

Interpol said Operation Serengeti III, run with agencies from 21 countries between 29 June and 31 August 2026, produced 1,462 arrests and the recovery of more than $105 million in illicit funds. In Angola, investigators dismantled two cryptocurrency mining centres alleged to be illegal, arrested nine suspects and seized over 2,000 mining devices, while a Nigeria case traced more than $2.4 million in suspected proceeds alleged to have been laundered through crypto transactions.

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