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Global expansion of cyber scam syndicates warns UN of growing threat

Blitz 22 Apr 2025
In a chilling report released on April 21, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed the alarming global expansion of East and Southeast Asian cyber scam syndicates ... The UNODC ...
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Cyberfraud in the Mekong reaches inflection point, UNODC reveals

Scoop 21 Apr 2025
The report, titled Inflection Point. Global Implications of Scam Centres, Underground Banking and Illicit Online Marketplaces in Southeast Asia, is part of a series of regional threat analyses and policy briefs produced by UNODC ... .
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UNODC fingers crypto, illegal mining and Telegram in Asian organized crime growth

Cryptopolitan 21 Apr 2025
According to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the world of crime has evolved along with crypto ... The UNODC believes crypto mining has become very valuable to these ...
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UNODC: new study shows forest crime converging with other types of organized crime, fueling harms to the environment, communities, and economy (UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)

Public Technologies 07 Apr 2025
Forest crime is interconnected with other types of illegal activities such as illegal mining, trafficking in persons and drug trafficking, says a new study from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued today.
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UNODC: new study shows forest crime converging with other types of organized crime, compounding harms to the environment, communities, and economy (UNOV - United Nations Office at Wien)

Public Technologies 07 Apr 2025
"Our review demonstrates that actors committing forest crime are often involved in other types of crime, from drug and wildlife trafficking to using child labour to illegal mining," said Angela Me, Chief of Research and Analysis at UNODC.
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