ORGANISED crime rings that fuelled an “explosion” of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the Covid-19 pandemic have expanded from South-East Asia into a global network making up to US$3 trillion (RM14.2 trillion) a year, said the head of Interpol.
“Driven by online anonymity, inspired by new business models and accelerated by Covid-19, these organised crime groups are now working at a scale that was unimaginable a decade ago,” Interpol secretary-general Jurgen Stock told a briefing at the global police coordination body’s Singapore office on Wednesday.
