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Europol has issued a warning about the escalating use of Artificial Intelligence by organized crime groups, detailed in its EU-SOCTA 2025 report. Criminal networks are increasingly exploiting AI to automate tasks, expand their operations, and evade law enforcement, making their activities harder to detect. The agency highlights how the inherent accessibility, adaptability, and sophistication of AI render it a potent tool for criminals, who are leveraging it for cyberattacks, AI-driven fraud, and the weaponization of digital technologies.

The report emphasizes that nearly every type of serious crime now has a digital component, with the internet becoming the primary theater for organized crime and data serving as the new currency of power. Criminal networks are also increasingly acting as proxies in the service of hybrid threat actors, cooperating with state-aligned entities for mutual benefit. This dangerous trend also weakens the EU’s institutions and social fabric, with Europol revealing how the European criminal underworld is evolving, posing a growing threat to security and stability.


References :

• The Register - Security: Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns
• iHLS: This is How AI Technology Amplifies Organized Crime Threats
• Help Net Security: How AI, corruption and digital tools fuel Europe’s criminal underworld
• thecyberexpress.com: The Cyber Express covers the EU’s organized crime landscape in 2025.

Classification:

• HashTags: #AI #Cybercrime #Europol
• Company: Europol
• Target: Europe
• Attacker: Europol
• Product: EU-SOCTA
• Feature: fraud
• Malware: Deepfakes
• Type: Cyber Crime
• Severity: Major