INTERPOL: FINANCIAL AND CYBERCRIME TOP GLOBAL POLICE CONCERNS
October 12th, 2022
More than 60% of police officers surveyed worldwide ranked crimes such as money laundering, ransomware, phishing and online frauds as high or very high threats, in Interpol’s first-ever Global Crime Trend report (1). Furthermore, more than 70% expect crimes such as ransomware and phishing attacks to increase or significantly increase over the next three to five years. Financial crime and cybercrime are “invariably linked” since a “significant amount” of fraud takes place through digital technologies, making it “cyber-enabled”, noted the report. ...
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