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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday March 11 2017, @09:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the technology-is-the-new-Baba-Yaga dept.

Sounds plausible. Banks do use technology for their activities:

Technology is now at the "root" of all serious criminality, says Europe's police agency. The returns generated by document fraud, money laundering and online trade in illegal goods helps to pay for other damaging crimes, said Europol. The wider use of technology by criminal gangs poses the "greatest challenge" to police forces, it said in a study[PDF]. It revealed that Europol is currently tracking 5,000 separate international organised crime groups.

[...] The "comprehensive" study of organised crime in Europe found a wide range of crime groups ranging from loose networks of individual criminals up to large trans-national bodies that generate profits which rival those of legitimate multi-national corporations.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by theluggage on Saturday March 11 2017, @11:41AM

    by theluggage (1797) on Saturday March 11 2017, @11:41AM (#477712)

    Food is at the root of all serious criminality. Recent research shows that 99% of criminals had eaten food within 24 hours of their crime. The energy generated by eating food helps criminals commit more damaging crimes than the more sedentary traditional activities of money laundering and trade in illegal goods. It has been revealed that Europol is tracking the eating habits of 5000 separate international organised crime groups.

    In other news, new evidence suggests that the proceeds of drug smuggling, gun running and human trafficking help to pay for damaging crimes like drug smuggling, gun running and human trafficking, while also creating a demand for money laundering.

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