October 19, (THEWILL) – Cybercrime and Money Laundering are currently the biggest threats worldwide and are expected to increase significantly in the coming years. the International Policing Organisation, Interpol, said on Wednesday.
The Agency, in a report of global crime trends, released on Wednesday, said with 195 member countries, Interpol was the most important policing organisation in the world.
“Understanding and anticipating crime trends is an absolute foundation of policing”, Interpol secretary-general Jürgen Stock, added.
The report, which is not available for public inspection, is intended to be released to law enforcement agencies.’
It identified online fraud, money laundering and the trade in synthetic drugs, as the greatest current dangers in Europe.
According to the report, more than 60 percent of the police officers interviewed considered money laundering, internet fraud, phishing and ransomware to be a great or very great danger.
However, some three-quarters of the respondents, also said cases of sexual abuse of children on the internet would increase decisively in the next three to five years.
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