How crime is accelerated by AI
The Europol Podcast
Europol
4.6 • 7 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Artificial Intelligence is turbocharging organised crime, but how exactly? In this episode of The Europol Podcast, we reveal how organised crime is accelerating as it becomes increasingly efficient, as harnessing AI allows criminal networks to better target more people, faster and more accurately. You will hear from law enforcement experts across the EU, all based at Europol HQ, about the latest trends in cybercrime: online child sexual exploitation and abuse material, ransomware, crime-as-a-service, and AI’s role as an enabler.
Speakers:
- Andrei Linta, Deputy Executive Director of Capabilities at Europol.
- Edvardas Sileris, Head of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol.
- Tamara Schotte, Head of Analysis & Strategic Coordination Unit at Europol.
- Marijn Schuurbiers, Head of Operations in the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol.
- Danny Van Althuis, Head of the Analysis Project Twins at Europol.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Traditional crime by default is national. |
| 0:05.0 | Cybercrime by default is international. |
| 0:08.0 | We are always in an endless race with criminals. |
| 0:12.0 | It is the most heinous crime. This is inhuman. |
| 0:16.0 | Well, the Kid Flick size had 1.8 million users. |
| 0:20.0 | And that means during the total time that it was active, one user per minute got access. |
| 0:28.9 | Warning. |
| 0:30.3 | This episode discusses the abuse of children and may be distressing for some listeners. |
| 0:35.8 | We all know that we are living in the era of artificial intelligence. |
| 0:39.5 | There's no news there. |
| 0:41.1 | AI is turbocharging organised crime. |
| 0:43.5 | But how exactly? |
| 0:44.8 | And in which main areas? |
| 0:46.6 | It's about cybercrime like ransomware and crime as a service. |
| 0:50.9 | It's about online child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse material. |
| 0:55.4 | It's about criminal networks not needing as many mules and service providers to help them carry out their activities. |
| 1:01.3 | AI is an enabler. Organised crime is accelerating as it becomes increasingly efficient. |
| 1:06.4 | Thanks to technology, criminals can better target people en masse, faster and more accurately. |
| 1:13.4 | Welcome back to the Europol podcast, the official podcast of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement |
| 1:18.2 | Corporation. Today's episode, How Crime is Accelerated by AI. |
| 1:33.3 | It's Olivia here, and in today's episode we are going to hear from a wide range of experts. Let's start with Edvardus Chilveris, head of the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol. |
| 1:38.3 | Can you tell us about your department? How does the European Cybercrime Centre work? |
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