In cyberfriendly Asia, online crime dominates underworld: Interpol survey

In cyberfriendly Asia, online crime dominates underworld: Interpol survey Of the 18 Asian Interpol members that responded to the survey, more than half reported that cybercrime made up 30 per cent of all offences The global policing agency’s latest cyber threat assessment cited the increasing dominance of online crimes compared to traditional illicit activity, describing the activities as “persistent, large-scale challenges affecting multiple jurisdictions” linked to the rapid adoption of digital infrastructure. Of the 18 Interpol member states in Asia and South Pacific that responded to a survey, more than half reported that cybercrime made up 30 per cent of all crimes recorded nationally. Around a third reported more than 10,000 cases of online scams using techniques such as phishing. Interpol did not publicly list the countries that responded to their survey, which was carried out between January 2024 and March 2025. The report comes as governments across Asia are grappling with an explosion in online fraud fuelled by sprawling scam networks that monitoring groups say increasingly operate across borders and generate tens of billions of dollars a year. [Image text:] connect to address usernane: ** password:ssss Access granted... exdted afer .346 s to continue key any