574 arrests, $3 million recovered in Africa-wide cybercrime crackdown Law enforcement agencies across 19 countries arrested 574 suspects and recovered approximately $3 million during a major cybercrime operation spanning Africa. Suspects were arrested in Ghana in connection to the cyber-fraud case, with over 100 digital devices seized. (Source: Europol) The month-long initiative, known as Operation Sentinel (27 October–27 November), targeted three of the region’s most prevalent cybercrime threats: business email compromise (BEC), digital extortion, and ransomware. All three were identified as growing risks in INTERPOL’s 2025 Africa Cyber Threat Assessment Report. Coordinated by INTERPOL, the operation led to the takedown of more than 6,000 malicious links and the decryption of six…