Dakar, Senegal (AP, 22 Kanama 2025) Mu gikorwa gikomeye cyo kurwanya ibyaha bikorerwa kuri murandasi (cybercrime) cyayobowe na Interpol, hamenyekanye ko abakekwaho ibyaha bya internet bagera ku 1 209 bafatiwe mu bihugu bitandukanye bya Afurika, ndetse hakagarurwa amafaranga ahwanye na $97.4 miliyoni.
Iki gikorwa cyiswe Operation Serengeti 2.0, cyabaye hagati ya Kamena na Kanama 2025, cyahuriyemo abashinzwe iperereza baturutse mu bihugu 18 bya Afurika hamwe n’u Bwongereza, hagamijwe guhashya ibyaha nka “inheritance scams”, “ransomware”, na “business email compromise” (BEC) byaba byaribasiye abantu bagera ku 88,000.
Ibikorwa by’ingenzi muri iyi Operasiyo:
- Angola: Hafashwe ibigo bya cryptocurrency mining 25 byakorwagaho ibikorwa bitemewe, 60 mu bakoraga ayo mabiko bari Abashinwa, bikagaragazwa ko bikomeje gutunganya amafaranga ya digital. Ibikoresho byafashwe bifite agaciro karenga $37 miliyoni, kandi bigiye gukoreshwa mu gutanga amashanyarazi mu bice byahungabanyijwe.
- Zambia: Harahagaritswe gahunda y’ikinyoma yo gushora amafaranga mu ikoranabuhanga rya cryptocurrency isenya abantu basaga 65,000, ibihombo bikaba byarageze kuri $300 miliyoni. Abantu 15 barafashwe, kandi hafatwagaho ibimenyetso birimo “domains”, nimero za telefoni zigendanwa, na konti za banki. Byanagaragaye ko hariho n’umuyoboro w’ababeshyaga abantu bakajyanwa mu icuruzwa, rishobora kuba ari iry’abagore n’abantu bashakwa mu buryo bwa “human trafficking.
- Côte d’Ivoire: Harahagaritswe ikorwa ry’ibinyoma ryo kohereza abanyamuryango bawahemukamo “inheritance scam” ryatangiriye mu Budage, ryagize abahohotewe $1.6 miliyoni. Interpol yagaragaje ko iyi ari imwe mu nzira za mbere mu by’itonesha abantu kuri Internet (internet frauds) zikomeje kugaruka kandi zibyara amafaranga menshi ku mafayili y’abanyabyaha .
Muri Kanama–Ugushyingo 2024, Interpol n’Afripol (police y’Umuryango w’Afurika) bashyize mu bikorwa Operation Serengeti, icyo gihe mu bihugu 19 bya Afurika, bafashe abantu 1 006 bakekwaho ibyaha bya murandasi, bambuwe n’ibikorwa byarimo bigizwe n’imiyoboro cyangwa “malicious infrastructure” ibihumbi 134,089 n’ahantu byaherekezaga, bifite ibihombo by’amafaranga bingana na $193 miliyoni, ndetse hakaba hari abantu barenga 35,000 bahiswe n’izo ngorane .
Urugero, muri Kenya hafashwe ababikoze binyujijwe mu kubeshya abantu bakoraga “credit card fraud” yabigeze kuri $8.6 miliyoni; muri Senegal ho abo bakora “Ponzi scheme” bafashe abantu barenga 1,800, baremerwa abafashamyumvire ku koga; muri Angola, hafashwe abantu 150 bari mu ikinamico rya casinos mu buryo bwa mudasobwa; ndetse muri Cameroon havumbuwe abanyabyaha bakoresha “multi-level marketing scams” bagamije gucuruza no gusenya abantu .
Operation Serengeti 2.0 icukumbuye kandi igakomeza aho Serengeti ya mbere yarangiranye, ikagaragaza iterambere mu bufatanye mpuzamahanga bwo guhangana n’ibyaha bya internet, ndetse no kongera ubushobozi bw’ibihugu bya Afurika mu kurwanya umutekano muke mu by’ikoranabuhanga. Ibi bikomeje gushyigikirwa n’inkunga y’ibihugu nka UK (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) n’izindi nzego z’abikorera mu by’umutekano wa mudasobwa
