Our Scans · (ZY.4.05) Criminology · Weekly Summary

• [New] London-based financial crime intelligence firm Themis has acquired fraud monitoring company Pasabi, in a move aimed to accelerate the use of AI in tackling one of the fastest-growing criminal threats facing businesses and consumers globally. City AM
• [New] The practice of law is evolving rapidly, with global challenges and disruptive technology, including artificial intelligence, raising new questions and concerns around privacy, criminal justice, health equity, and human rights. UC Law SF
• [New] The use of Facebook to facilitate or organise criminal activity that causes physical harm or financial damage to people or businesses is prohibited, as is threatening physical harm to individuals and celebrating a crime that one has committed. Cambridge Core
• Experts from Europol's Financial and Economic Crime Centre will present emerging criminal typologies and advances in tackling crypto-related money laundering and underground banking. Basel Institute on Governance
• Ottawa will propose three new offences under Canada's Criminal Code, including creating a new hate crime offence. CBC
• The Criminal Law Bill will be introduced later in 2025, to further streamline Singapore's criminal laws, better protect vulnerable victims and tackle emerging crime trends. ST
• An increase in the recruitment of minors for serious criminal activities by organized crime networks across Europe has been warned by Europol. ecovis.lt
• Large-scale events like the Olympics have historically provided grounds for criminal activity and opportunistic crimes, and Australians travelling to Paris should be ultra-aware of the heightened security risks, a public safety expert has warned. Yahoo News
• As the Supreme Court recognized, collective criminal agreement-partnership in crime-presents a greater potential threat to the public than individual delicts. / USA Lawfare
• Penalties include fines up to 50,000 yuan per individual and up to 200,000 yuan for companies; drones can be confiscated, licenses suspended, and criminal charges possible for endangering public safety. TS2 Space
• 76% of senior executives in Singapore are increasingly worried about financial crime risks, citing cybersecurity threats and criminal misuse of AI. Python Lessons
• In recent times, the use of drones for criminal activity has surged, posing significant risks to critical infrastructure, national security, and public safety on a global scale. DRONELIFE
• We need to defend against constant attacks coming from the likes of Chinese actors using ransomware during SharePoint vulnerabilities to Iranian groups deploying ransomware as a political weapon to hundreds of criminal ransomware groups operating at any given time. Fortune
• International maritime crime is becoming increasingly sophisticated as criminal groups exploit jurisdiction and enforcement challenges on the high seas and pose immediate danger to people's lives and safety. UN News
• The China-based app used by billions of people in China and nearly 20 million in the United States could face criminal charges under North Carolina's new anti-money laundering law, public nuisance law or federal law. Yahoo News
• Law enforcement and security agencies might struggle to detect or prevent criminal activity in a world where cloaking technology is widespread. ImagineInkjet
• The Counter Terrorism Policing, MI5, and the National Crime Agency have delivered a public warning to parents that online offenders will exploit the school holidays to engage in criminal acts with young people when they know less support is readily available. Counter Extremism Project
• Moderate breaches are likely to be dealt with via a public disclosure without monetary penalty, and serious breaches are likely to attract monetary penalties or, in the most egregious cases, will be referred to UK law enforcement agencies for criminal investigation and potential prosecution. Gibson Dunn
• As the conflict in Ukraine approaches a possible turning point, 'Crime and peace: The future of organized crime beyond the Russo-Ukrainian war' explores the post-conflict risks and transformations that may shape the criminal underworld in Ukraine, Russia and beyond. Global Initiative
• If Project Nimbus were to be tied directly to the facilitation of a war crime or other crime against humanity, Google executives could hypothetically face criminal liability under customary international law or through a body like the ICC, which has jurisdiction in both the West Bank and Gaza. The Intercept
• The FBI is warning the public about criminal actors stealing US taxpayer identities to file false tax returns and fraudulently claim refunds. Cyber Security Review

Last updated: 10 October 2025