BANGKOK -- Southeast Asia has become a global hub for organized crime that is extending its digital tentacles around the world through mastery of artificial intelligence. And, as the operating environment changes, criminal syndicates have their eyes set on a new region for their base: the Pacific.
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AI powering transnational crime as Asian gangs move into Pacific
UN expert believes region is ripe for exploitation as new global crime base
Benedikt Hofmann, acting regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, recently spoke with Nikkei Asia in Bangkok. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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