A two-month cybercrime operation led by INTERPOL and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL), tagged Operation Serengeti has led to the arrest of over 1,000 cybercrime suspects from Africa.
Nineteen countries in Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa, Cameroon and Algeria, participated in the operation between September and October.
The others were Angola, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mauritius, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
According to report from the Washington Post, more than 35,000 victims were identified during the operation, with cases linked to nearly $193 million in financial losses worldwide.