Interpol warns that there is growing evidence that criminal organizations such as Comando Vermelho, Primeiro Comando da Capital and Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) They are involved in committing financial fraud.

The use of artificial intelligence, as well as linguistic models and cryptocurrencies, in combination with practices such as cyber fraud or malware, gives rise to more sophisticated and professional financial fraud with relatively low training and cost, the police department warns.

In a report published this Monday on the occasion of a meeting on fraud organized by the British government in London, the international police agency highlights increased use of technology by organized crime groups more selectively reach out to its victims around the world.

Interpol also notes that financial fraud increasingly involves migrants who are victims of traffickers and that forced to work from call centers to carry out so-called “pig slaughter” type fraud, a scheme that combines romantic attraction and investment practices with cryptocurrencies to try to cover their tracks.

Globally, the most common procedures found by this organism include investment fraud, advance payment fraud, romantic and through commercial emails.

Since the launch of the Fraudulent Payments Rapid Intervention Framework (I-GRIP) in 2022, INTERPOL has been helping its member countries intercept more than $500 million in profits from this type of criminal activity, mostly cyber fraud.

One of the main recommendations of the authors of the report is the creation of alliances between government bodies and the private sector for find and return stolen funds due to financial fraud to combat this growing crime and fill information gaps.

Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock talks about “epidemic” due to the increase in these financial frauds and insists that “with the development of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies, the situation will only get worse unless urgent action is taken.”

In an analysis of large regions of the world, those responsible for the study indicate that fraud is most common in America. identity theft, technical support, prepayment and Telecommunications fraud.

They also point to the growing phenomenon of use there immigrants who are victims of human trafficking.

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To illustrate this, remember that Operation Turquoise V, coordinated by Interpol, revealed that hundreds of these migrants were defrauded through messaging apps and social media and coercion to commit various types of fraud.

(according to information from EFE)