Interpol warned this Monday in Vienna of the threat posed to global security by what it describes as the “explosive growth of international organized crime” in recent years across the planet.second pandemic“And he called on all countries to unite for “urgent and coordinated global action.”

“We are currently facing an epidemic of transnational organized crime that is disrupting societies, communities and businesses. Its significance is such that it has become an emergency situation for world security“This was announced at a press conference by Jürgen Stock, Secretary General of the police organization, which, starting tomorrow, will hold its General Assembly in Vienna.

In a previous statement, Stock noted that COVID-19 pandemic and advances in cybernetics have “accelerated enormous changes in society, and nowhere is this more evident than in transnational organized crime“.

“All law enforcement agencies know, but the rest of the world has not yet realized, that there has been an epidemic of transnational organized crime of such magnitude that it now constitutes a global security crisis,” he says.

Criminal groups around the world use dark web and other cyber tools to create entirely new business models.

“They are expanding markets globally, operating quietly and often undetected, while undermining the rule of law and democracy in these countries,” warns the Secretary-General.

“Every second of every day, vulnerable people are attacked romantic scamsfraud and password hacking to get hold of a lifetime’s savings,” he condemned.