- What: Operation Red Card 2.0, supported by INTERPOL, resulted in 651 arrests and the recovery of $4.3 million from online scams across 16 African countries.
- Impact: Online scam networks involved in high-yield investment fraud, mobile money scams, and fraudulent loans were disrupted.
Operation Red Card 2.0, supported by INTERPOL and involving law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries, led to 651 arrests and the recovery of more than $4.3 million from online scams. In Nigeria police took down a fraud ring that used phishing, identity theft and social engineering to scam victims (Source: Interpol) Running from 8 December 2025 to 30 January 2026, the operation targeted networks behind high-yield investment fraud, mobile money scams and fraudulent loan … More → The post 651 arrested, $4.3 million recovered in African cybercrime sweep appeared first on Help Net Security .