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Interpol arrests over 1,200 in African cybercrime crackdown
The operation dubbed "Serengeti 2.0" saw Interpol and African investigators work together to take down crime networks and recover nearly $100 million from suspected scammers.
More than 1,200 people were arrested in a major cybercrime crackdown in Africa, the international police organization Interpol announced on Friday. Angolan officials seized equipment worth an estimated $37 million, "now earmarked by the government to support power distribution in vulnerable areas," according to Interpol. And in Zambia, investigators targeted a network responsible for an online investment scam that defrauded more than 65,000 victims of an estimated $300 million.
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