Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Authorities in Britain and 18 African countries arrested more than 1,200 people in a large-scale cybercrime operation affecting almost 88,000 victims, Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization confirmed Friday.
Officials also recovered $97.4 million during Operation Serengeti 2.0, locating and destroying 11,432 physical instances of "malicious infrastructure," Interpol said in a statement.
An online investment fraud scheme dismantled in Zambia which cost approximately 65,000 victims a combined $300 million was one of the highlights of the operation, which began in June and ran through this month.
Officials began targeting cybercrime operations in several African countries, under AFJOC, Interpol's African Joint Operation against Cybercrime division. The unit receives funding from Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
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