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AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns

The European Union’s law enforcement agency cautioned Tuesday that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes intertwined with state-sponsored destabilization campaigns. The grim warning came at the …

Dryad Maritime Warns of Increases in Southeast Asia Cargo Thefts

The latest report of a tanker hijack in Southeast Asia has prompted Dryad Maritime to issue an advisory to its shipping clients, based on the supposition that “crime follows a pattern, which has seen up to six such attacks, over …

State Intelligence Report Highlights Threats to Texas

While organized crime is seen as the most significant public safety threat in Texas, drunk driving, natural disasters, terrorism, industrial accidents and cyber security also are among the major threats that keep lawmakers up at night. The Department of Public …

Japan Probes Possible Olympus Organized Crime Links – Source

A unit from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s organized crime division has joined an investigation into an accounting scam at Japan’s disgraced Olympus Corp, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a sign that the scandal could …

Lloyd’s Highlights Potential Impact from Cyber Crime, Data Loss

Cyber crime has become a high profile problem for risk managers, heightened as a result of the recent attacks by hackers on Sony. In an article on its web site Lloyd’s notes that risk manager are increasingly concerned “over the …