Interpol announced the conclusion of a sweeping cybercrime operation across 25 African nations, resulting in 120 arrests and the takedown of hundreds of malicious servers and phishing domains.
The operation targeted criminal networks running business email compromise schemes, romance scams and mobile-money fraud that investigators say siphoned tens of millions of dollars from victims in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
National police units, coordinated through Interpol's cybercrime directorate, executed searches in more than 40 cities. Seized evidence included thousands of SIM cards, forged documents and laptops containing victim databases.
Interpol officials said the operation demonstrates the growing capability of African cyber units, many of which received specialized training and threat intelligence through international partnerships over the past two years.
