Crime

WHAT'S NEXT?: Crime is morphing away from traditional methods to more sophisticated technological approaches. A decline of traditional hierarchical criminal groups and networks will be accompanied by the expansion of a virtual criminal underground made up of individual criminal entrepreneurs. At the same time, forward-looking agencies are equipping themselves with smart technologies to outfox the criminals. Keep up to date with crime changes below.

[New] The COVID-19 pandemic will spark another surge in financial crime activity over the next few years, as money launderers take advantage of the widespread panic and confusion caused by global lockdown and the increase in digital banking activity.
Lockdowns, protests, and a bitterly contested presidential election in the United States are just a few of the factors influencing the terrorism threat heading into 2021.
Many have been predicting that a new US administration will relax sanctions on Iran, enabling Tehran to pour millions into Hezbollah's coffers, after the Islamic Republic has been struggling to pay terrorist salaries over the past year, due in part to the Trump administration's sanctions.
Joint operations between the National Crime Agency and Pakistani authorities to tackle illicit finance threats have benefitted from good levels of cooperation.
The maritime security bill will expand the role of Badan Keamanan Laut or Bakamla (Indonesia's Coast Guard) as Indonesia's principal maritime law enforcement agency, and clarify its relationship with various other agencies, such as Customs, and the National Police.
Statistics by the National Police and the Medical Examiner's office confirm President Ivan Duque's claim that Colombia will end the year with the lowest homicide rate since 1974.
Major protests - including in the US, the UK, Brazil and Kenya - over police violence against black or minority populations are likely to continue in 2021.
The Commission will propose an EU police cooperation code in 2021 to enhance cooperation between law enforcement authorities, including in the fight against terrorism.
Cyber Crime is currently the 3rd biggest economy after the U.S. and China, deduced from the rising losses put at $10.5 trillion by 2025.
Over the past year, there have been over 1,000 disruptions carried out by the National Crime Agency, Regional Organised Crime Units and local police forces, more than doubling figures from the previous year.
ANA's ISR capabilities support the U.S. and Afghan governments' broader goals for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to plan and execute special, conventional, and police operations, using Afghan-derived intelligence to counter current and future threats to Afghanistan.
In New York, a vote to cut $1 billion from the NYPD's $6 billion budget has been criticized as budgetary sleight of hand, while the bulk of the $150 million cut from the Los Angeles police budget will come from reducing overtime.
ISIS retains the capability to commit mass terror attacks in Afghanistan - as it did this month in a horrendous attack against students at Kabul University - and poses a continuing threat to the United States that the Taliban and the Afghan forces have proved unable to eliminate.
Almost immediately after the U.S. declared its new anti-terrorism focus, China began lobbying both at the United Nations and in its bilateral discussions with the United States and Europe to have Uighurs included in the ranks of populations linked with the international terrorist threat.
Lockdowns and restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic appear to have decreased the risk of terrorist attacks in non-conflict zones, but the Islamic State has increased its activity in the Middle East and Africa since the beginning of 2020.
Global deaths from terrorism have fallen for a fifth consecutive year, but in the past decade a new threat has been emerging, with far-right attacks increasing significantly in many regions.
As cybersecurity threats compound the risks of financial crime and fraud, institutions are crossing functional boundaries to enable collaborative resistance.
Iran will maintain terrorist capabilities, including through proxies such as Lebanese Hizballah, as an option to deter the United States from taking action Tehran considers regime-threatening.
Economies to the south of the US are projected to contract by up to 8.1% in 2020 on average and will grow, at best, only around three percent in 2021, potentially increasing the ranks of the poor by up to 20 million and raising the risks of greater crime and violence.
With the historic vote, New Jersey became the first state in the Mid-Atlantic region to adopt legal cannabis, creating a potential $2 billion market and making it likely that criminal arrests for marijuana will be curtailed.

Last updated: 16 January 2021

Crime

Login