According to the Global Organised Crime Index, international criminal activity has increased over the past two years. And the politically fractured post-pandemic world has made this even harder for nations to combat.
New Zealand is far from immune. According to official advice in late March to Minister of Customs and Associate Minister of Police Casey Costello:
The threat posed by organised crime in New Zealand has increased substantially in the last five years. Even with the best of will, New Zealand is losing the fight.
