CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°9

...irst took hold, we look at the resilience of the drug trade and the challenges facing the Yakuza gangs in Japan. We then turn to Europe, the second major epicentre of the pandemic, with stories about cyberattacks in the UK and prison releases in Italy. Across the Atlantic to US and Latin America, we explore the thriving black market for cigarettes in Argentina and dive deeper into the issue of prisons ...

Posted on 20 May 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

CovidCrimeWatch

A Tale of Two Countries: COVID-19 and organized crime in the Korean Peninsula.

...e transnational organized criminal groups in the Korean Peninsula have been quick to identify ways of exploiting the shift in market landscape brought on by responses to the pandemic, particularly in cybercrime, fraud and smuggling. For example, a number of scams have been reported, where fraudsters prey on their victims’ heightened vulnerability during the pandemic. In February, the South Korean ...

Posted on 20 May 2020

Author(s): Joongyoung Hahm, Mark Ronan

CovidCrimeWatch, APA-Obs

Pakistan’s pandemic challenges

...try. Combined, these developments may lead to future challenges from the FATF. COVID-19 has also led to an increase in online traffic, which has, in turn, heightened the expected threat of cybercrime – including new web-based exploitation methods, fundraising for fake charities and various medical scams. In response, the country’s Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) and financial institut...

Posted on 20 May 2020

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Milos Jakovljevic

CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°7

...r customers. In past newsletters, we have seen how criminal groups have sought to take advantage of the pandemic, including hiding drugs among consignments of medical supplies, launching a wave of cyber scams and consolidating their social control among communities. But how have the lockdown measures been leveraged by criminal actors? This week, we look at how the restrictions placed on movement and...

Posted on 06 May 2020

CovidCrimeWatch

Keeping children safe online during lockdown

... The risk of cyber child exploitation has grown dramatically as populations worldwide are forced to spend more time at home and online. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on internet usage. Home is the ...

Posted on 06 May 2020

Author(s): John Carr OBE, David Danelo

CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°3

...erspective, but also from an economic, development and security outlook – are exposed more and more each day. This week’s accompanying policy brief and podcast explore the worrying increase in cybercrime witnessed across the globe. Hackers are taking advantage of the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, and the sector that is most crucial to containing the spread of COVID-19 is perhaps also the m...

Posted on 08 Apr 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°2

... In the first of our weekly #CovidCrimeWatch bulletins, we explored the implications of social distancing on illicit economies around the world. The impact of remote working on cybercrime vulnerabilities; links between school closures and criminal opportunism; and the mafia fugitive whose nicotine addiction cost him his freedom were just some of the stories we covered. This we...

Posted on 31 Mar 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

CovidCrimeWatch

The impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime

...ay affect our ability to respond to the virus. Episode 1 - A Pandemic and Organized Crime Episode 2 - Dark Pharma and COVID-19 Episode 3 - COVID and cybercrime Episode 4 - Human Trafficking and Coronavirus Episode 5 - Human Smuggling and COVID-19 Episode 6 - Cocaine Trafficking and COVID - Colombia, Central ...

Posted on 27 Mar 2020

Author(s): Jack Meegan-Vickers

CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°1

...ecure than corporate-supplied devices. These attacks, often in the form of malicious apps and websites, or phishing emails, are used to steal personal and financial data from unsuspecting victims. cybercrime is a realm of organized crime that has been rising in prominence over the past decade or so, and online criminal activity is increasingly attracting much-needed attention. With more and more peo...

Posted on 26 Mar 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

CovidCrimeWatch

COVID-19: How has the pandemic affected organized crime?

Coronavirus: The impact on crime and criminal networks

...consider the wider links between the pandemic and environmental governance and sustainability, and investigate whether environmental crime has changed during the COVID-19 crisis. COVID-19, cybercrime and cybersecurity Hackers have sent out even more phishing messages during the COVID-19 crisis, says the GI-TOC report, ‘Cybercrime: Threats during the COVID-19 pandemic’, which a...

Posted on 26 Mar 2020