Presentation made by Europol at the 3rd meeting of the OECD Task Force on Charting Illicit Trade - OECD, Paris, 30-31 March 2015‌ For more information see http://www.oecd.org/gov/risk/charting-illicit-trade-third-task-force-meeting.htm

1. Exploring tomorrow’s
organised crime
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OECD Meeting, March 2015

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Looking into the future
• Potential new threats
• Changing criminal
structures
• Key driving factors
• Challenges for LE
• Anticipating shifts in
crime
• Improve (long) term
policies

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A new definition of organised crime?
• A changing criminal
landscape
• A service oriented criminal
underworld
• Organisational crime
• Exploiting legislation

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Key drivers for change

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Travel into the future
• Change in illicit trafficking
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• New routes and hotspots
• Infiltration digital
infrastructure
• No physical presence
• Increasing demand for
mobility
• Alternative modes of
transport
• Mass transport
• On demand ride services
• E-Commerce
• Digital infrastructures

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For sale: your data
• Valuable commodity
• Data theft
• Network intrusion
• Skimming of data
• Sophisticated ID fraud
• Trade in stolen data
• Big data
• The internet of Everything
• Increased
interconnectivity
• Passive data collection

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From waste to gold
• Key criminal commodity
• Scale and profit
• Mobile phones, new
electronic devices,
•Green and alternative
energy sectors
• Increased waste
production
• Electronic waste:
computers, mobile phones
• Legislative responses

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Virtual currencies for real crime
• Darknet marketplaces
• Preferred method for
criminals
• Free lance criminals
• Emergence virtual
currencies
• User-friendly
• Anonymous payments

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Challenges and opportunities for
Law Enforcement
• A global and virtual criminal underworld
• A Multi stakeholder environment
• International and cross disciplinary cooperation
• Funding: new and innovative methods
• Training and recruitment
• Data protection
• Flexible approach

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Thank you
Full report can be downloaded on:
https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/massive-changes-criminal-landscape