INTERPOL announces Operation Serengeti III, disrupting 10,909 cybercrime networks and arresting 1,462 suspects

Summary

INTERPOL announced that Operation Serengeti III, a coordinated law enforcement action that ran from June 29 to August 31, 2026, disrupted 10,909 malicious networks and recovered more than $105 million in illicit funds. Law enforcement agencies from 21 countries arrested 1,462 suspects. The operation targeted business email compromise, ransomware and online scams. BleepingComputer's report describes the same operation as disrupting nearly 11,000 cybercriminal networks, and its headline places the crackdown in Africa.

Timeline

1. BleepingComputer

   22 Oct 2026, 08:27 UTCSource ↗

   BleepingComputer reports that law enforcement agencies disrupted nearly 11,000 cybercriminal networks and arrested more than 1,400 people in Operation Serengeti III, which targeted business email compromise, ransomware and online scams.

2. The Hacker News

   22 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTCSource ↗

   The Hacker News reports that INTERPOL announced a coordinated action that disrupted 10,909 malicious networks, recovered more than $105 million in illicit funds, and saw agencies from 21 countries arrest 1,462 suspects in Operation Serengeti III, which ran from June 29 to August 31, 2026.