Technology behind ‘all serious crime” – BBC News
Image copyrightLUCKYBUSINESSImage captionModern thieves are likely to use social media to check if you are home before calling roundTechnology is now at the “root” of all serious criminality, says Europe’s police agency.The returns generated by document fraud, money laundering and online trade in illegal goods helps to pay for other damaging crimes, said Europol.The wider use of technology by criminal gangs poses the “greatest challenge” to police forces, it said in a study.It revealed that Europol is currently tracking 5,000 separate international organised crime groups.Empty housesThe “comprehensive” study of organised crime in Europe found a wide range of crime groups ranging from loose networks of individual criminals up to large trans-national bodies that generate profits whoch rival those of legitimate multi-national corporations.
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