Podcast

Organised Crime Goes Digital

Federico Varese
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Steve Durbin, Chief Executive of the ISF, sits down with Federico Varese, a professor of Criminology and Head of the Sociology Department at Nuffield College, Oxford University.

With first-hand account from his fieldwork in global criminal gangs over the last three decades, Prof. Varese provides superb context to the history of organised crime, and how these organisations have evolved to capitalise on cybercrime.

…to go back to your question, why law enforcement doesn’t cut down on the hubs? Well, because the local law enforcement doesn’t want to…either they are ineffective or inefficient, so ultimately they think it’s okay for them to operate…