574 Arrested in Major African Cybercrime Crackdown

Interpol's Operation Sentinel leads to 574 arrests and $3M in assets seized from cybercrime networks in Africa, tackling major scams.

By Content Team

Dec 25, 2025

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Interpol's Operation Sentinel swept across 19 African countries, resulting in 574 arrests and $3 million in seized assets from cybercrime networks that caused over $21 million in losses.

The operation dismantled business email compromise schemes, ransomware attacks, and fraud rings. In Senegal, authorities blocked a $7.9 million petroleum company heist where hackers impersonated executives. Ghana saw arrests after ransomware encrypted 100 TB of data at a financial institution, though investigators created decryption tools to recover 30 TB.

Ghana also busted a fake food delivery scam that collected $400,000 from 200+ victims through copycat websites. Benin arrested 106 people in extortion schemes while shutting down 43 domains and over 4,000 social media accounts.

Source: Security Week

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