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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

‘Polycriminal age’ harming lives of millions, says Interpol candidate

The crime agency Interpol is 100 years old.
The crime agency Interpol is 100 years old. Photograph: Olivier Chassignole/AFP/Getty Images

The world is entering a “polycriminal age” where cross-continental gangs use fraud, synthetic drugs, AI and child sexual abuse to generate profits bigger than the gross domestic products of nation states, a senior figure in Interpol has claimed.

Stephen Kavanagh, an executive director of the international agency, said multibillion-pound syndicates were destabilising countries, driving migration and destroying ecosystems, while international police forces struggled to cope.

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