FIRST EUROPOL DEEP DIVE CRIME REPORT WARNS HOW DIGITAL TECH IS ABUSED BY CRIMINALS
November 28th, 2023
The increasing risks posed by creative high-tech crime have been highlighted in the first European Financial and Economic Crime Threat Assessment released by European Union (EU) police agency Europol. It concluded criminals have weaponised the drift to digital finance, work and business. Keith Nuthall reports.
The abuse of digital technologies by criminals has expanded fast following what Europol calls “Covid-19's digital acceleration of society”, prompting "a significant increase in cyber-enabled financial and economic crimes”. That is the ...
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